Genome Select makes its debut

The first one: Abdul Ghani posing with the first Genome Select palm at the Dusun Durian palm oil plantation in Carey Island.

CAREY ISLAND (BANTING): Sime Darby Bhd expects a 15% increase in yield from its existing oil palm plantations following a breakthrough in research and development (R&D).

The group, which kicked off the first commercial planting of its new high-yielding oil palm genome yesterday, said the move would bring “significant increases” to its bottomline by financial year 2021.