Opimis scheme helps to ease oil palm industry labour shortage


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) -- The Oil Palm Industry Mechanisation Incentive Scheme (Opimis), provided by the government through the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), has encouraged the utilisation of mechanisation in the oil palm plantation sector to address the ongoing labour shortage.

MPOB director-general Dr Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir said some Opimis scheme beneficiaries had recorded an increase in work productivity by up to 40%.

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