Bamboo will not replace oil palm as country’s main commodity

The Plantation Industries and Commodity Ministry does not intend to replace the country's main commodity, namely oil palm, with bamboo, said its minister Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali today.

The ministry, according to him, is strengthening the oil palm industry with the application of the latest technology as well as expanding overseas markets, diversifying its value-added products and continuing various studies on the benefits of palm oil...