KOTA KINABALU  Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Yahya Hussin said the State Government would be expanding the agropolitan concept to ensure the incomes of the poor in Sabah are enhanced.

Through this concept, he said farmers are encouraged to plant crops that have high commercial and content values, including planting on a large scale, so as to increase productivity.

At the moment, the agriculture sector in the State is very much limited to oil palm, rubber and cocoa, he said.

"We will also continue to support and promote the One District One Industry programme," he said at the Seminar on Sabah Development Corridor through Contract Farming, here, Wednesday.

In this respect, he urged Sabah co-operatives to grab the opportunity through proactive involvement in business activities so as to generate income for the organisation.

By enhancing its capability to produce its own food through agriculture or farming, he said the co-operatives could at the same time produce crops with high value for export.

Thus, Yahya, who is also Agriculture and Food Industry Minister, said they could assist in the eradication of poverty programme.

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