Gov proposes for consolidation of oil palm smallholders to bigger clusters

Plantation and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani.

KUALA LUMPUR: The government is proposing to consolidate oil palm smallholder planters to form bigger patches so they will be easier to manage.

“We were looking at how to help them; instead of four hectares (ha) we will gather them (by grouping them) to up to 10,000 ha. It will not be easy but we will have to start somewhere,” Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities of Malaysia Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani said at the Palm Oil Conference 2024 today.