KUALA LUMPUR - The 112,635 families under the government's ailing Felda scheme will be offered a "new deal" on Sunday (July 7).
It will involve the introduction of fast-yielding crops and livestock to safeguard their livelihoods against volatility in the palm oil sector, the mainstay in over 800,000ha of land controlled by the federal land development agency.
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