1,000 hectares targeted for cocoa replanting by 2023, says Willie Mongin


KUCHING: The Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry is targeting the cocoa replanting project to reach 1,000 hectares (ha) by 2023 to increase the country’s cocoa output.

Its deputy minister, Datuk Willie Mongin said since the project started, 700ha had been replanted with cocoa, of which 150ha were in Sarawak, 350ha in Sabah and 200ha in the peninsula.

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