KEPALA BATAS: The Agriculture and Food Security Ministry (MAFS) expects the shortage of local white rice supply in the market to stabilise within a month following various intervention measures and continuous monitoring from the government.
Its Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu said that the ministry's engagement session with the country’s rice industry players involving manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers agreed to give a commitment to realise the implementation of the Local White Rice Special Programme nationwide.
"We will also intervene whenever there is a shortage in supply through the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority and the Farmers' Organisations Authority ," he said in a press conference here Wednesday . He said this after launching the Pokok Sena Farmers’ Association Farmers’ Outlet , an initiative for the purpose of distributing local white rice to target groups, especially in areas that do not have supermarkets.Meanwhile, LPP director-general Datuk Azulita Salim said that from April to August 2023, a total of 62 programmes have been implemented at LPP branches nationwide with a sales value of RM742,361.50 with a total of 45,850 visitors.
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