FGV's plantations business continues to improve with migrant workers' entry

FGV Holdings Bhd sees its plantation sector operations continuing to improve this year through mechanisation, replanting programmes, and cost-optimisation initiatives as it manages rising operational costs and energy prices.

Group chief executive officer Nazrul Mansor said as a result of its enhanced recruitment strategies executed throughout the year, the shortage of foreign workers shrunk from 32 percent in 2021 to 13 percent in 2022.

“We are expecting to receive about...