TAWAU: Upset by “questionable and unfair” Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB) pricing by millers, a group of small-and-medium oil palm growers here urged the Government, the Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry and the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) to intervene and investigate, if needed.
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Pondren Nawa, spokesperson for the oil palm growers, said there was a huge difference in FFB pricing in the Tawau area, by as much as RM100 per metric tonne, compared to other parts of Sabah, even the neighbouring Kalabakan District.
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