KUCHING: The Department of Agriculture through its Soil Management Branch has been requested to identify 100,000 hectares of suitable land each for planting durian, coconut, pineapple and banana by 2030.

With the Sarawak Government having approved an allocation of RM797 million for strengthening agriculture development next year, there is a need for the state government to look for new plots of land to cultivate more crops, said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, who is also Minister of Agriculture, Native Land and Regional Development.