PROVIDING “land for the landless” and “jobs for the jobless” were the two famous phrases coined by the mastermind of the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) scheme – the late Tun Abdul Razak, Malaysia’s second prime minister, back in the 1950s.
Fast track to 2013 and the Felda scheme model has become one of the most successful land development schemes in the world, widely admired by many newly developing nations given its strategic role in addressing Malaysia’s poverty alleviation measures in the rural economy.