KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Rubber Board expects some RM275mil will be invested under the rubber National Key Economic Area (NKEA) mainly involving replanting and new plantings of rubber trees nationwide, said director-general Datuk Dr Salmiah Ahmad.
In 2012, she said, active replanting activities would cover about 38,000ha per year focusing mainly on Peninsular Malaysia while new plantings would cover about 5,000ha each in Sarawak and Sabah.
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