Pepper sustainability MoU inked
KUCHING: World Wide Fund for Nature Malaysia (WWF-Malaysia) and Malaysian Pepper Board (MPB) have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) towards sustainability. The signed collaboration agreement will pave the way for better co-management of natural resources and pepper farm lands with local communities, particularly those in Song, Sarawak. Under this MoU, MPB’s technical expertise on […]
Board urges private sectors from Peninsula, Sabah to invest in pepper plantations
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Pepper Board (MPB) has urged the private sectors from Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah to invest in the pepper plantation sector, with the aim to become the top three pepper-producing countries among the International Pepper Community (IPC) in the next 10 years. At the moment, MPB senior director Langgi Chaling said Malaysia stands at number four […]
Malaysian Pepper Board’s research station costing RM2.83 mln completed
KUCHING: The Malaysian Pepper Board’s (MPB) RM2.83 mln research station has been completed and will be handed over to MPB next month. Deputy Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Willie Mongin, when visiting the research centre in Semenggok here on Monday (Feb 14), said the station was aimed at developing the farming infrastructure and facilities […]
Pepper farmers to benefit from innovative initiatives
KUCHING: Innovative support poles for pepper vines and the introduction of new pepper varieties will benefit pepper farmers. Deputy Minister of Plantation Industry and Commodities Datuk Willie Mongin said these innovation and initiatives would help farmers to grow pepper according to their financial capability. He said this at a press conference after officiating at the […]
Price cap for pepper not feasible
KUCHING: The Malaysian Pepper Board (MPB) has no plans for now to fix a floor or ceiling price for pepper. Deputy Plantation and Commodity Minister Datuk Willie Mongin said Malaysia is a member of the International Pepper Community (IPC) and imposing a ceiling price on the commodity would only result in Malaysia facing fierce competition […]
Pepper board to focus on improving pepper quality at farm level
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Pepper Board (MPB) is focusing on efforts to improve the quality of pepper at the farm level through the selection of varieties grown for the production of creamy white pepper (LPK) and premium black pepper such as export quality pepper (LBE). Deputy Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister II Datuk Willie Mongin […]
Company formed to boost pepper industry
KUCHING: The establishment of Sara Spice Berhad (SSB) will be the trigger effect to boost local pepper industry. It is a subsidiary of the Malaysian Pepper Board (MPB) and functions as its investment arm but not taking over its pepper purchase operation, said Plantation Industries and Commodities Deputy Minister Willie Mongin. He said the future […]
MPB to ensure quality
SARAWAK PEPPER KUCHING: The Malaysian Pepper Board (MPB) will investigate and act promptly on allegations that unscrupulous traders are mixing imported pepper with Sarawak pepper and passing this off as Sarawak pepper. The board said that this devious action would tarnish Sarawak pepper’s reputation as a premium quality pepper and jeopardise its existing and future […]
Penalties for malpractices in pepper trade proposed
By Nur Shazreena Ali & Sarah Hafizah Chandra KUCHING: Plantation Industries and Commodities Deputy Minister Willie Mongin suggested penalties be imposed on companies which engaged in malpractices when importing or exporting pepper from the state. He said malpractices such as pepper adulteration must be stopped to ensure Sarawak Pepper remained a premium product which was […]
Over RM16 mln given to help pepper smallholders
By Nur Shazreena Ali & Sarah Hafizah Chandra KUCHING: A total of RM16.11 million from the Smallholders Agricultural Input Assistance under the Pre-Prihatin 2020 Economic Stimulus Package has been channelled to 30,000 pepper smallholders nationwide. Deputy Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Willie Mongin said the assistance, which provides farmers with a voucher amounting to RM3,000 […]
