KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 12): Govt targets to increase rubber plantation area to 1 million hectares by 2020 from about 670,000 hectares now, Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Mah Siew Keong says in emailed statement on Monday.
* Productivity expected to increase to 2 ton/ha from 1.2 ton/ha
* Malaysia was world’s No.5 natural rubber producer in 2016, with production totaling 0.67 million tons: statement