S'wak aims to increase durian, pineapple, coconut, banana production to become net food exporter by 2030


Assistant Minister of Agriculture, Native Land and Regional Development Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Ismail (centre) launching a book on fruit pests at the agriculture research officers' meeting in Kuching. With him are the state Agriculture Department's acting director Dr Alvin Chai (left) and the ministry's commercialisation and industrial training section head Dr Gluma Saban. - ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE / THE STAR

KUCHING: Sarawak aims to increase its production of durian, pineapple, coconut and banana as part of its efforts to become a net food exporter by 2030.

Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah said the state government was targeting 100,000 hectares for each of the four crops by 2030.

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