Almost RM1 mln allocated for coconut replanting in Kelantan
24 Sep 2022 02:58pm
Nik Muhammad Zawawi (two from right) shows the coconuts grown by the entrepreneurs during a visit to the coconut plantation project in Gong Tengah, Pasir Puteh. - Bernama Photo
He said the move also aims to make Kelantan one of the coconut-producing hubs in the country.
He added that Kelantan is currently the third largest producer of coconuts, after Perak and Johor.
"Kelantan produced 76,673.80 metric tonnes of coconuts last year.
"This move is in line with the ministry's desire to make the coconut industry a new product for the people, after coffee,” he told reporters after visiting the coconut plantation project in Kampung Gong Tengah, here today.
Meanwhile, an entrepreneur, Badrul Amin Hamzah, 26, said that he has been cultivating the Sungai Gulang-gulang (SGG) coconut variety in an area of 4.56 hectares, since 2018.
"Part of the 996 trees have already started bearing fruit. I expect all the trees will start to produce about 100,000 coconuts a year, which can give a return of about RM100,000 a year,” he said. - BERNAMA
