[03 Feb] Risda to Replant 30,000 Hectares of Rubber This Year

The Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority (Risda) has allocated RM300 million to replant 30,000 hectares under rubber nationwide this year, Risda deputy director-general Datuk Wan Mohamad

He said the allocation encompassed various forms of replanting aid for rubber smallholders, such as fertiliser and seedlings.

For Kelantan alone, Risda had allocated RM45 million for rubber replanting, involving about 3,300 hectares, he told reporters last night after handing over a hearse donated by Risda subsidiary, Risda Fleet Sdn Bhd, to the mosque in Mukim Makmur, Lati, here.

(Source: irco.biz)