Using palm oil by-products for livestock feed could increase domestic meat production, says Kitingan

Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan (second right) visiting one of the exhibition booths during the Sabah State Farm Day celebrations in Keningau on Friday (Dec 2).

KOTA KINABALU: There is huge potential in Sabah for the integration of domestic livestock farms and oil palm plantations to increase the state's self-sufficiency for meat production.

Sabah Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan said that oil palm plantations cover a vast area of about two million hectares in the state and the use of ruminants from the palm oil industry for livestock feed could help (increase domestic meat production) reduce the state's dependency on meat imports.