Grunsin (centre) checking on pepper vines during a field visit.
KUCHING: The transformation of the pepper industry has seen many smallholders in Sarawak expanding their farms and boosting their family incomes.
The catalyst for them to cultivate these plants is undoubtedly the strong domestic and global white and black pepper prices, which have soared to historical highs since the upswing in 2009.
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