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Risda creates ‘a mess’ in Sabah

Hundreds of native farmers are angry with Risda
for 'abandoning' its pledge to cultivate
rubber plantations on their land.
By Luke Rintod of FMT
KOTA BELUD: Federal agency Rubber Industry Smallholders’ Development Authority (Risda) in Sabah has come under attack for leaving idle, stretches of land which they had cleared off trees two year ago, after promising native owners that they would re-cultivate the land for them.

The past two year have seen  price of rubber latex at a high and many farmers are angry with Risda for depriving them of additional earnings.

Demanding an explanation, opposition Sabah Progressive Peoples Party (SAPP), said it has received many complaints from affected farmers and that it was now obvious that Risda had created ‘a mess’ in Sabah.

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