Govt launches project to protect oil palm smallholders


Plantation Industries and Commodities deputy minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Jeck Seng. -filepic

PONTIAN: The government has launched a pilot project in Tanjung Piai to monitor and report oil palm fresh fruit bunch (FFB) transactions to increase transparency in the country’s palm oil industry, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Jeck Seng.

The Deputy Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister said the project, developed by the Malaysian Palm Oil Board, was the “first of its kind” in the industry.

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