AGRICULTURE was at one time the bedrock of the nation’s economy. Coffee was one of the earlier crops. When it eventually succumbed to disease, other crops took over, including rubber, which contributed immensely to the country’s well-being.
Then oil palm came, and with its better returns, it was quickly snapped up by plantations that were earlier growing rubber.
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