Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin told Parliament on Monday (Sept 27) that her ministry is striving to expedite the issuing of grants to oil palm smallholders in Sarawak with the state Native Customary Right (NCR) status under Section 18 of the Sarawak Land Code.

Zuraida said there were 40,713 licensed smallholders with a total area of 234,927 hectares in Sarawak.

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