is ramping up the production of banana, bamboo, coconut and paddy planting materials to meet the increasing domestic demand for crop farming activities. “Utilising the right planting material is one of the main factors that determine the success of commercial crop production. “The increase in demand from customers showcases our ability in offering various high-quality products through in-depth research in tissue culture, state-of-the-art research & development (R&D) infrastructures as well as over 50 years of experience in clonal research,” FGV Group CEO Datuk Haris Fadzilah Hassan said in a statement. FGV said the production of banana clonal varieties is targeted at two million this year, doubling up from last year’s one million banana clones produced to cater to the rising demands for the Berangan, Cavendish and Tanduk species.