Malaysia Has Little Room for Palm Oil Expansion, Minister Says
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Malaysia’s limited room for expanding palm oil cultivation means that industry growth will have to come from improving productivity, its plantation minister said.
About 4.6 million hectares (11.4 million acres) of the southeast Asian nation’s 32 million hectares are planted with oil palms, Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Bernard Dompok said last night in London. About 58 percent of the country is forested and the government has a commitment to maintain at least half of all land as natural forest.