KUALA LUMPUR:The Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry aims to increase the cocoa plantation hectarage to 40,000ha by 2020 to meet the demand of the domestic grinding sector.
Its minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the planted area under cocoa in Malaysia was currently at 21,710ha, and contributed towards the production of 3,645 tonnes of cocoa beans.
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