Agriculture in Malaysia

Agriculture in Malaysia makes up twelve percent of the nation's GDP. Sixteen percent of the population of Malaysia is employed through some sort of agriculture. Large-scale plantations were established by the British. These plantations opened opportunity for new crops such as rubber (1876), palm oil (1917), and cocoa (1950). A number of crops are grown for domestic purpose such as bananas, coconuts, durian, pineapples, rice, rambutan.

Read more about Agriculture In Malaysia:  Climate, Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry,Malaysia (MOA), Rice Production and Consumption, Statistics, Rubber Production

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