|
Main Page
|
 |
|
News Channel |
|
All help offered to Malaysian team for growing
oil palm
KARACHI (April 13 2004): Malaysia has shown
interest in oil palm cultivation in the coastal
areas of Sindh for which the provincial government
has agreed to provide necessary help, including
land.
A delegation of Malaysian exporters and
agriculturists, led by Fauzy Asrafudeen Sayed
Mohamed, director of marketing, Malaysian Palm Oil
Promotion Council, called on Sindh Agriculture
Minister Arif Mustafa Jatoi at latter's office on
Monday and discussed plan for investment in oil
palm cultivation in Pakistan.
Other members of the delegation were Faisal Iqbal,
Kaukab Iqbal, Prashand Nair, Dr C S Koh, Yong Cho
Jau, Mohammad Salman Omaer, Fatimah Zaharah MD
Nan.
The delegation said that it had found coastal area
most suitable for palm plantation.
It said that a team of the Malaysian palm
plantation had visited Pakistan eight years ago to
examine the soil for cultivation of palm. This
team concluded that the coastal area of Sindh was
the most appropriate location for palm
cultivation.
Faisal Iqbal, regional manager of Malaysian Palm
Oil Promotion Council, said that palm had already
been cultivated on 1200 acres in Thatta, and
Badin, and plantation on 5000 acres was in
progress with the collaboration of government and
private sector.
Faudzy Mohamed said that the Malaysian Government
has already undertaken the cultivation of palm in
Indonesia and would now try to do it in Sindh.
The palm plantation requires comparatively less
water; therefore it will suit Sindh considering
the limited water availability.
Farmers and growers can earn up to Rs 100,000 per
acre by virtue of cultivation of palm, and its
crop matures in four years.
Arif Mustafa said that the government was
interested in introducing palm in Sindh and would
provide all assistance, including land, for its
cultivation.
He said that the government was interested in
developing the edible oil refining industry.
Courtesy Business Recorder
|
|
|
|
|
Pakissan.com; Advisory Point
|
|
