SALCRA: ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF SARAWAK RURAL AREAS
Sarawak Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority (SALCRA) are currently managing 19 oil palm estates for participants and five oil palm mills. These oil palm plantations and oil mills employ thousands of workers both professional and handymen/women. Our findings indicate that the oil palm...
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Oil Palm Industry Economic Journal (OPIEJ)
2023
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41614/1/SALCRA.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41614/ http://opiej.mpob.gov.my/ https://doi.org/10.21894/opiej.2023.01 |
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| Institution: | Universiti Malaysia Sarawak |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Sarawak Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority (SALCRA) are currently managing 19 oil palm
estates for participants and five oil palm mills. These oil palm plantations and oil mills employ thousands
of workers both professional and handymen/women. Our findings indicate that the oil palm industry has
enhanced people’s economic well-being and has ensured that unutilized land is economically viable as a result
of oil palm cultivation. At the same time, it is logical to argue that the oil palm plantations and oil mills have
economically empowered many communities that are housing them directly and indirectly. Data from the
field indicates that people around oil palm fields and those involved in the cultivation process show pictures
of benevolent plants. Working within the premises of the Sarawak state government, SALCRA works to
create a well-balanced urban and rural development based on a holistic development benefit for the people
of Sarawak, regardless of their place of residence and work. The oil palm has different meanings depending
on the informants involved. Furthermore, the SALCRA management team has continued to promote and
implement a systematic development plan for Native Customary Rights land (NCR land) on a commercial
basis. |
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