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Over 300,000 rubber smallholders expected to receive BMT this year

Posted on 25 Feb 2025

Source of News: Utusan Borneo

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 331,146 rubber smallholders registered with the Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority (RISDA) are expected to receive the Monsoon Season Assistance (BMT) benefits this year.

Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development Datuk Rubiah Wang said this number involved 51,433 participants in Sarawak, Kelantan (42,978), Kedah (39,604), Pahang (24,237), Perak (19,485), Negeri Sembilan (18,021), Johor (11,913), Terengganu (11,669), Sabah (6,309) and Melaka (4,659).

In addition, there were 1,616 participants in Selangor, Penang (563), Perlis (552), Sabah Rubber Industry Board (86,323) and the Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA) (11,784).

“BMT data updates are made from June to September every year to ensure that the list is up-to-date,” he said during an oral question and answer session at the Dewan Rakyat today.

He was responding to a question from Kamal Ashaari (PN-Kuala Kurau) who wanted to know about the efforts of the smallholder whitening process carried out through RISDA to ensure that no target group is dropped out of BMT.

Meanwhile, Rubiah said the Ministry of Rural and Regional Development (KKDW) through RISDA is taking steps to ensure that rubber remains a commodity crop in the country even though the number of rubber farmers is decreasing.

“KKDW together with the Ministry of Plantations and Commodities are always working to increase rubber production. Apart from that, KKDW also encourages smallholders to sell rubber not only in the form of scrap, but also in the form of latex,” he added.

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