The 112,635 families under the Malaysian government's ailing Felda scheme will be offered a new deal tomorrow.
It will involve the introduction of fast-yielding crops and livestock to safeguard their livelihoods against volatility in the palm oil sector, the main crop on more than 800,000ha of land controlled by the land development agency.
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