KUCHING, July 30 ― Sarawak is committed to working closely with the Federal government in ensuring sufficient production and supply of food at affordable price, said...
KUCHING, July 30 ― Sarawak is committed to working closely with the Federal government in ensuring sufficient production and supply of food at affordable price, said Modernisation of Agriculture and Regional Development Minister Datuk Seri Stephen Rundi Utom.
Nik Muhammad had told parliament on Tuesday that Sarawak and Sabah were the least cooperative states when it comes to improving food security. He added that the state had undertaken the key initiatives that include increasing areas for food production by zoning and gazettement of more paddy production areas, Permanent Food Production Parks and Aquaculture Industrial Zone .
On the claim that Sarawak did not allow Lembaga Pertubuhan Peladang to be established in Sarawak, Rundi said the role of LPP in Sarawak was empowered to the Permanent Secretary of his ministry as the registrar Area Farmers’ Organisation and the State Farmers’ Organisation . He pointed out that farmers in Sarawak were also registered with the agencies he had earlier named but the development funds from the federal government to these agencies had been very limited and insufficient to develop a huge region like Sarawak.
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