Muhammad Pehimi (third from left ) inspecting MD2 pineapples in Kampung Batu Tumbuh, Besut. With him are Malaysian Pineapple Industry Board Terengganu director Imran Fahmi Tajul Ariffin (right) and Terengganu Agriculture Department director Zulkifli Harun (second from right).
BESUT: People in Terengganu can earn some additional income by growing the new MD2 (ananas comosus) pineapple variety on a bigger scale, with help from the state government.
Terengganu Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry, Plantations and Commodities Committee chairman Datuk Muhammad Pehimi Yusof said the state government and Terengganu branch of the Malaysian Pineapple Industry Board (LPNM) have opened applications to those who were interested in planting the hybrid pineapple.
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