Small holders palm oil plantations plays an important economic transformation for rural communities in Malaysia. However it has been an uphill struggle for many small holders due to the cost of external chemical inputs which eat into their operational cost and at the same time degrade the land and limit opportunities to diversify into other food crops to supplement their livelihoods. There has been a constant stream of requests from small holders to look into natural and agroecological systems. This is a common request among younger and educated second generation small holders.