‘FFB price helps reduce losses due to labour shortage’

Oil palm fruit harvesting is done two times per month lasting between 15 and 20 days per round.

KUALA LUMPUR: The increase in the price of oil palm fresh fruit bunch (FFB), which has reached RM1,000 per tonne has, to some extent, reduce the losses of Felda settlers who are affected due to the lack of foreign workers to harvest their plantations.

According to National Felda Settlers chief Sulong Jamil Mohamed Shariff, Felda settlers are grateful that they will able to increase their income when FFB production recovers with the help of foreigners who are expected to return to work in the country soon.

“Because the settlers are mostly in their 60s, they are not interested to use the money for the purpose of changing new cars and so on.