The prime minister says Putrajaya needs to study how to increase the productivity of farmers in order to increase their income without burdening consumers.
PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad today urged padi farmers to buck up and produce more yield per acre, saying Putrajaya has to fork out over RM1.8 billion in subsidies for 200 padi farmers each year, which is very costly.
“This, we need to look into. We need to look into improving methods of planting and also the way they apply fertiliser and the like,” he said at a press conference after chairing the Economic Action Council meeting here today. “This is why we need to look at this as a whole: the reason for poverty among farmers and how to overcome poverty,” he said.“We need to identify areas we can work on to help increase their earning, but not at a cost to consumers. Consumer prices cannot be increased in order to enrich farmers,” he said.“Already in Kedah, farmers are producing harum manis , melons, pineapples. It gives them better returns. Maybe farmers should allocate certain parts of their land to grow other crops,” he said.
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