date:Feb 25, 2013
ng), we decided to intercrop the bananas with the newly-planted oil palms for three years to fully utilise our planting areas in the estates, said Nasharuddin.
He said, after three years, the banana plants have to make way for the oil palms as having them side by side creates competition for nutrients.
KMF manager Omar Rohani said plans are already in the pipeline to open new areas for the cultivation of bananas in the Basir Ismail, starting from now and lasting until 2017.
He said 265ha woul