At Sime Darby's oil palm plantation, we witnessed how oil palm fruits are harvested. Each fresh fruit bunch (FFB) can weigh about 10 to 40kg! It's a tough job for the labourers, many of whom come from Indonesia. But the labour-intensive nature of oil palm also means that it creates lots of jobs and also makes it relatively easy for individual farmers (small-holders) to join the business.

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