Oil palm smallholders urged to adopt integrated farming

Deputy Minister, Datuk Datu Nasrun Datu Mansur, said integrated farming would enable them to increase their productivity and income through the optimisation of land use.

Its Deputy Minister, Datuk Datu Nasrun Datu Mansur, said integrated farming would enable them to increase their productivity and income through the optimisation of land use.

"Oil palm also depends on climate, if the weather is not good for three, four months, the productivity will be low...but if we also have cocoa and pepper cultivation, this would help the smallholders as the time rotation between the crops are different," he said.