This crisis began when India implemented the non-basmati rice ban last July.
The increase in prices of goods is a topic that is hotly debated every year. Most recently, rice has been making headlines. Many flocked to buy locally-produced rice because of the price gap between local rice and imported rice.Political party Muda attributed this problem to India banning the export of non-basmati white rice since July. This caused a major impact to the global market with India being the largest contributor to the export of rice at 40%.
Titiwangsa MP Datuk Seri Johari Ghani had said that in order to meet the full demand, Malaysia must import 37.4% of its rice. The narrow profit margin , according to traders, made them hesitant to sell local rice. As a result, shops and suppliers refuse to sell local white rice, which is one of the causes of Malaysia’s local white rice scarcity.The government is conducting initiatives in large-scale paddy fields in numerous states to improve output to an average of 7 tonnes per hectare from 5 tonnes per hectare, according to Chan Foong Hin, deputy minister of agriculture and food security.
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