Oil palm harvesting, agricultural and fisheries-related activities to continue

CORONAVIRUS | Oil palm harvesting, as well as other agricultural and fisheries-related activities, have been permitted to continue, albeit with measures to be undertaken by farmers and fishermen to contain the spread of Covid-19.

Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Khairuddin Aman Razali (above) said the ministry had taken into account the importance of the palm oil and rubber industry in the supply of cooking oil as well as medical equipment such as gloves and catheters...