Spicing up dreams: A mother’s journey into pepper farming
By Shcully Williams Pilai Black pepper farming is a famous cultivation activity among the local people of Sarawak. This activity has become the primary source of income for rural communities to support their families. Nevertheless, this group finds it challenging to help the children’s education or meet the household’s needs due to the rising costs of […]
Price increase bodes well for pepper farmers
KUCHING: The price of black and white pepper has increased by 60 percent in recent months. Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Dr Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali said the increase could be due to the Covid-19 pandemic. “Before Covid-19, we would always see the price drop but now, one tonne of white pepper costs RM21,000 […]
Explore other commodities, agropreneurs told
BY ALVERDTEKOSTER ANYAP KUCHING: Farmers are urged to increase the value of their crops by exploring other potential commodities and to take up challenges in the downstream business fields. Added Deputy Plantation and Commodity Enterprises Minister Willie Mongin,“It is also the ministry’s effort to close the gap between upstream and downstream businesses because the prices […]
Ministry seeks to increase pepper prices
KUCHING: The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities has set its eyes on increasing pepper prices in the country. Its deputy minister Willie Mongin said the ministry was aiming to increase pepper prices up to RM10 per kg for black pepper. “We have our target, but commodities such as this depend on global prices, supplies, […]
