KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 — Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin today said that automation and mechanisation of the plantation industry are already underway in order to be more sustainable and less reliant on foreign labour.
"In terms of spraying seeds, pesticides and fertilizer, we are now using drones and tractors. This has lessened the need for foreign labour," she said in Parliament. "Since we are in the post-Covid-19 phase, the government has opened our borders and has opened the door for foreign labour to reenter the country. Thus, foreign labour has started coming back in.
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