Rubber firm has plans in Cambodia
Kuala Lumpur-based Felda Global Ventures Holdings Berhad (FGV), the third-largest palm oil operator in the world, said it plans to cultivate rubber inside Cambodia.
“We are . . . consolidating by expanding into countries like Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos – planting other crops such as rubber,” Sabri Ahmad, FGV Group president, said in a company statement distributed on Wednesday. …
FGV’s main business is palm oil, but in addition, the company also plants rubber and cocoa. …
In February the Post reported that the Rubber Industry Smallholders’ Development Authority, which facilitates the Malaysian government’s rubber-replanting program, was prepared to develop 20,000 hectares of rubber and oil-palm plantations in Cambodia, provided suitable land can be found. …
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