The Malaysian agriculture sector is highly focused on a few cash crops, notably oil palm and rubber. Besides the oil palm plantations industry, the Malaysian agriculture sector is quite fragmented. Leading palm oil companies are focusing on investing in biotechnology and developing high yielding variety seeds. The Malaysian government is pursuing liberalisation of the sugar industry, which will pose challenges to domestic sugar producers. With potential decline in retail price, many incumbent sugar manufacturing companies are now exploring in the international markets. With large and increasing demand for meat from livestock in Malaysia, halal food manufacturers are looking to increase production to lock in opportunities in the domestic market as well as seeking assistance from the government to expand their markets overseas.

01 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 

02 SECTOR IN FOCUS

03 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

04 COMPANIES IN FOCUS

05 REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT

06 CROP PRODUCTION

07 LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION, FORESTRY, AND FISHERIES