The policies and programmes of the Ministry among others are to foster the orderly development of the plantation and commodity sector through the development of higher value-added through downstream processing and promote the marketing of commodities, particularly semi-processed and processed.

It functions are also to oversee the development of the plantation and commodity sector covering research and development (R&D), production, processing, and marketing in respect of palm oil, rubber, wood and wood-based products, cocoa, pepper and tobacco.

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