Growth in small-scale agriculture was viewed as crucial to creating jobs and reducing rural poverty, and government agencies such as FELDA (the Federal Land Development Authority) vastly increased the scope and size of their development programs.
小规模农业被认为是创造职位和减缓乡村贫困的关键，一些政府部门像FELDA（联邦土地开发局）极大地加大了其开发项目的范围和规模。