KUALA LUMPUR: The Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority (Risda) will launch a web based software referred to as the “Sistem Smallholders Rubber Market (e-SRM)” to boost productivity amongst smallholders.
Chairman Datuk Seri Mohd Salim Mohd Sharif mentioned the applying would coordinate the work course of within the area and make sure the administration and monitoring of mature rubber plantations could possibly be applied extra effectively and in actual time.
“The application also provides an option for plantation owners to obtain labour services known as Grab Rubber to carry out plantation maintenance activities and produce yields for mature rubber plantations as well as replanting services.
“Through e-SRM, the issue of lack of tappers, which is a factor in unproductive farms, can be addressed and lead to employment opportunities among the locals,” he instructed the media at Risda’s iftar ceremony yesterday.
Risda additionally offered zakat contributions to six spiritual establishments which acquired RM2,000 every.
Mohd Salim mentioned that in accordance to information, the estimated space of untapped mature rubber within the nation is 409,172ha.
He mentioned because the starting of the twelfth Malaysia Plan, Risda had channelled help for the aim of rising productivity amounting to greater than RM432mil by means of the mature rubber scheme and advertising and marketing infrastructure companies initiatives.
“As a result, in 2021, Risda recorded the productivity of smallholders at 1,573kg per ha per year, which is 98% compared to the key performance indicator (KPI) of 1,600kg.
“As for the price of rubber at the plantation level, it reached RM554.39, which is 81% compared to the KPI of RM560.67 and also 81.5% of the Standard Malaysian Rubber 20 price,” he added.
Mohd Salim mentioned Risda additionally focused a complete of 1,060 smallholders, with an space of 2,014ha of farms, to be given help by means of the latex incentive scheme this 12 months.
“This is to achieve the target of increasing revenue by 30% compared to scrap rubber.
“The scheme is to encourage smallholders to produce latex instead of scrap rubber, which involves providing assistance in the form of agricultural inputs and latex price incentive payment of RM1 per kg to smallholders who sell latex at the Risda latex depot,” he added. — Bernama
