Land Use issues, land area, and harnessing space in the GBISF Program.
- Jamal Hamzah
- Jan 15, 2023
- 3 min read
Updated: Apr 30

Land Use issues, land area, and harnessing space in the Green-Based Intelligent Spices Forest Program*.
In Malaysia, the issue of land use, whether for rent or applied to the rights of the state government, goes through a rigorous process and ends with various complexities.
It involves numerous factors, such as the state government's confidence in land use applications in terms of capital capacity and purpose, ownership interest, preparation for various allocations to the state government's needs, future matters involving the lack of existing areas, and the pressure of political relations between the federal government and the state government.
The Green-Based Intelligent Spices Forest GBISF has been aware of the situation.
There is some confusion about Understanding the Green-Based Intelligent Spices Forest GBISF implementation and the land use issues required.
The GBISF has done the appropriate research for its implementation, making the Spice Cultivation Activities available in Sumatra, an Indonesian example of spice-producing agriculture.
Agricultural research on spices is not conducted on plantations owned by the Company or the state Government Corporation.
Farmers who work on spice crops are likened to ant colonies or bees. Each of the farmers (small farmers, household farmers will plant several cloves, cinnamon, candlenuts, nutmeg, and cardamom according to the family's land area, with a flat area of under 10 acres. This spice tree is intermittently planted at a suitable angle, mixing the stir.
For example, they planted twenty cinnamon trees, five cloves, four nutmeg trees, and a clump of cardamom mixed under the spice tree.
Therefore, each season or market time of the week, each farmer will carry a few kilograms, between 10 kg and 20 kg. And rarely, one hundred kilograms from one family of farmers, cinnamon, candlenut. However, due to the large population and area, the proceeds obtained by 'Tangkulak,' or the leading collectors, reached hundreds of tons per week and thousands of tons per month.
Based on a 15-year field study of the Green-Based Intelligent Spices Forest GBISF, the GBISF has more potential to be implemented in Malaysia on several highly beneficial infrastructure suitability and capabilities.
1. THE PLANTING OF SPICE TREES CAN BE INTERSPERSED WITH ORCHARDS WITH GOOD RETURNS.
2. To fill the abandoned area on the edge of the Dusun orchard and the coastal area behind the villagers' houses.
3. Each smallholder can plant between 20 and 40 spice trees for a good income and a reasonable selling and demand price. An example of the price of spices from six preferred spices is 20-50 ringgit per kilo for the dry.
Planting 20-40 spice trees can yield 1 to 2 tons of dried spices annually, contributing more than fifty thousand RM. Annually. It's for every household.
This accurate data is from the farmers' production data obtained in the farmers' family farming area. It can add to household income, and small farmers are best aware of the well-being of their households and the environment.
Based on the research, the issue of using ample government land with the concept of monopoly is not a significant part of implementing this GBISF.
The 'ant colony' system with a centralized management structure will also ensure that every farmer or household participating in the GBISF will be monitored reasonably and continuously.
The GBISF also considers the large-scale land application, indirectly preventing the salaries' BENEFITS OF HOUSEHOLD WELL-BEING AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
This GBISF wants to make full use of the unutilized space to the maximum, to be highly beneficial without disturbing the status of the activities that are still needed for the various needs of the users.
This GBISF does not want to change the existing agricultural policy, but rather to improve agrarian activities with authentic activities and logic to be implemented by the wishes of the National Food Supply Policy through agricultural activities that prioritize the well-being of households and the environment in the long term and can truly benefit all.
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