Kenaf: A Crop for the Future

Kenaf: A Crop for the Future
Kenaf board chairperson, Wan Abdul Rahim (second from left) and his officers observing the kenaf garden plantation. Images by the National Kenaf and Tobacco Board.


HAVE YOU HEARD of Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus)? Probably one of the most underrated herbaceous crops in the country’s vast commercial agriculture field, kenaf is not directly edible, but when processed and chemically mixed with other compounds, it becomes an interesting industrial proposition for the users.

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