Malaysia announces 2021 "Monsoon Assistance" plan to ensure the well-being of rubber farmers

According to a Malaysian media report on April 27, the government will allocate 69.
9 million ringgit as "Monsoon Assistance" (BMT) this year to ensure the well-being of small rubber farmers and tappers in the country
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The country’s Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said that considering the plight of small rubber farmers, the backbone of the country’s rubber industry, the government once again allocated the “Monsoon Assistance” (BMT) for 2021
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This assistance will benefit 232,319 small rubber farmers and tappers, as they will each receive RM600, which will be paid in two instalments, namely December 2021 and January 2022
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He said the government provided "monsoon assistance" to all small rubber farmers and tappers last year, involving an allocation of 129.
8 million ringgit and another 64 million ringgit as special COVID-19 assistance
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He also said that in addition, the government has also expanded the scope of rubber plantation assistance through the Ministry of Rural Development (KPLB) and the Rubber Industry Small Farmers Development Agency (RISDA) to help increase the income of small farmers
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Small farmers have additional idle or unused land, ranging from 0.
1 hectares to 5.
0 hectares, and can now apply for replanting assistance
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He said: “This effort will not only help improve the economic situation of small farmers, because the government aims to increase the country’s total rubber plantation area by increasing the total area of ​​rubber plantations to 1.
1 million hectares while reducing idle and uncultivated land.
the rubber production
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  in addition, he said, the government has launched a program called "latex award Program", including the provision of agricultural inputs, rubber plantation and maintenance of RM500 per hectare by tapping wage incentives to support small farmers Demand and encourage them to produce latex, which can increase their income by 30%
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