SINGAPORE: Rubber production in Malaysia, the third-biggest supplier, is threatened by less plantation area, labour shortages and low yields, said Aliasak Ambia, president of Malaysia's National Association of Smallholders.
Rubber plantations were about 1.7 million ha 10 years ago and have shrunk to slightly less than one million hectares now, Ambia said in an interview at the World Rubber Summit.
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