1. PRT 2008
Lecture 13

2. Future challenges in agriculture

3. Labor shortage
We have to depend on foreigners to work in our plantation (oil palm, rubber, cocoa). They are mainly Indonesians and Filipinos.

4. Labor cost is going up by the year

5. Price fluctuation
Price of commodities fluctuates in the world market (oil palm, rubber, cocoa, etc.)

6. Price of chemicals and fertilizers
Going up. This increases the cost of crop production.

7. Machinery
The price has gone up to

8. Not interested to work in the farm. Why?
Young Malaysian
Not interested to work in the farm. Why?

9. Big companies
Not interested to invest in agricultural enterprise, except for rubber and oil palm