Oil palm smallholders struggling to make ends meet


Villagers (from left), Mok, Ong, Too and Ramansamy say life for ordinary folk has not improved.

AYER HITAM: Ramansamy Amawasi is finding it increasingly difficult to cope with life these days.

From the falling price of palm oil, rising cost of living, the 67-year-old oil palm smallholder is struggling, especially after his wife, Saraswatti Govindaraju, had a fall recently and is confined at home.

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