
JOHOR BARU: The Farmers’ Organisation Authority (LPP) plans to develop a large-scale coconut plantation in Johor as part of the government’s plan to help farmers cope with the fluctuating price of crude palm oil (CPO).
Its chairman Datuk Mazlan Aliman said LPP has yet to identify the exact location for the coconut plantation but was looking at areas in Pengerang and Kota Tinggi
“We will send a formal request to the Johor agriculture department to look for the budget to plant Matag and Pandan-type coconuts at the area.
“It is still in the planning stages but we foresee it happening in the near future,” he said during a handing-over ceremony of a cold-truck to Kota Tinggi district LPP.
He added that the move to plant coconuts was to help farmers cope with the fluctuations in the CPO price and to diversify the agricultural industry here.
There are about 650,000 oil palm smallholders and farmers whose earnings have been badly affected by the drop in CPO prices over the past year.
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