Sime Darby Plantations eyes higher yields via R&D
Deputy managing director and chief operation officer (upstream) Mohamad Helmy Othman Basha said the company believes in getting as much as possible from its current land and not by expanding to a bigger area.
TEMERLOH: Sime Darby Plantation Bhd (SDP) is looking forward to replanting its oil palm trees with higher yielding materials as a more sustainable method instead of increasing its land bank.
Deputy managing director and chief operation officer (upstream) Mohamad Helmy Othman Basha said the company believes in getting as much as possible from its current land and not by expanding to a bigger area.
“We are making a lot of effort in research and development (R&D). You have probably heard of the breakthrough that we have made on Genome, which we have planted in quite a substantial area. Some of them are coming to maturity next year,” he said.
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