23-09-2008: ECER to produce 600,000 tonnes of herbs by 2020
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KUALA LUMPUR: The East Coast Economic Region (ECER) planned to produce 625,000 tonnes of herbs worth some RM1.87 billion by 2020, a sixfold increase over that of 2005.
In 2005, ECER produced 80,560 tonnes of herbal products worth RM201 million, its secretariat said in a statement yesterday.
“The total area of cultivated land will also rise from 2,014ha to 10,000ha in the same period,” it said.
The ECER master plan has identified four areas to be designated as herbal parks for cultivation, processing and manufacturing purposes, at Gua Musang in Kelantan, Lanchang and Raub in Pahang, and Dungun in Terengganu.
“There will be also seven satellite farms of 20 hectares each,” it said.
The Edge Daily
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