KOTA KINABALU: More funding should be allocated to boost the agriculture sector in Sabah, particularly for padi farming in rural and remote areas, to ...
: More funding should be allocated to boost the agriculture sector in Sabah, particularly for padi farming in rural and remote areas, to serve as a catalyst for reducing poverty, especially extreme poverty.
“So, the state government wants to help the people increase their income and economic level by making full use of the land to get them out of poverty. Based on the statistics by the Sabah Maju Jaya Secretariat of the Sabah Chief Minister’s Department, which implements aid interventions to address hardcore poverty, as of July this year, there are 4,634 household heads still on the list of hardcore poor as of July this year.
“I have more than two hectares of padi fields, Even planting the first crop is difficult, what more to plant twice a year. Main Gandilau, 63, a rice farmer in Kampung Tampasuk 2, said the Ala Sekinchan Large-Scale Smart Padi Field programme carried out in the district is one of the initiatives seen to be able to help padi farmers.
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