The Participation Incentive Payment of RM200 per month is one of four incentives for small rubber farmers who switch to latex production (rubber milk) through the Latex Production Incentive (IPL) program.
Deputy Prime Minister and Plantation and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said growers will also receive a monthly latex production incentive amounting to RM2 per kilogram based on 100 percent dry rubber content.
“Apart from that, gardeners will also receive an Incentive Payment amounting to RM100 per month for a limited period of one year.
“In addition, they also receive Productivity Incentives based on annual productivity that achieves a productivity target of between 1,000 to 1,499 kilograms per hectare per year (Cluster 1) and 1,500 kilograms and above per hectare per year (Cluster 2),” he said when launching the Project’s New Model The pilot of the Latex Production Incentive (IPL) and Malaysian Sustainable Natural Rubber (MSNR) Pilot Project at the Sungkai Statistics Training Center here, today.
The IPL program aims to help small rubber farmers increase their income by encouraging them to switch to latex production instead of scrap rubber.
