Adopting the Felda plantation model

Sarawak has vast potential for large-scale planting to help lift lives of poor farmers from poverty. — Filepic

KUCHING: Sarawak can consider setting up a model similar to Felda to develop its agriculture sector through large-scale plantations and contract farming.

Pemandu Associates president and chief executive officer Datuk Seri Idris Jala said Felda had succeeded in raising the income of small farmers over the years.