Fadillah : MPOB channels RM983,000 to smallholders until August 2023
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has approved RM983,000 to 117 oil palm smallholders, with a maximum value of RM16,250, until August 2023 to finance agricultural input loans for fertilisers, pesticides and seeds.
Deputy Prime Minister and Plantation and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof (pix) said the smallholders are not recommended to reduce the input rate because this would reduce yields over the long term.
Reducing the level of fertilisers and herbicides would affect the expected yield, he said when winding up the policy-level debate on the Ministry’s Supply Bill 2024 in the Dewan Rakyat today......