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Deputy Agricultural and Food Security Minister Datuk Chan Foong Hin said the move was important due to the high demand for BPI in Sabah and Sarawak which, due to the low supply and production of BPI, has caused the price of the rice to soar. - Facebook

A farmer, Mohd Sobri Osman (centre), 60, said the government-set floor price of RM1,200 per tonne for rice purchases needs to be reviewed to safeguard the farmers’ welfare. - BERNAMA

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Padi farmers will still be getting RM1,700 per tonne as their padi purchase price as the government has maintained the subsidy of RM500 per tonne, said Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu. - BERNAMA

Its General Manager Muhammad Faris Arriffin (inset) said in addition to owning a fertiliser processing plant in Gurun, Kedah with a production capacity of 360,000 tonnes per year, Nafas also had a strategic plan to deal with the issue of delayed supply of subsidised fertiliser which was given serious attention by the government before.

The National Farmers' Organisation (Nafas) is confident that it will continue to be trusted by the government, to be involved in the agenda of manufacturing and supplying subsidised fertilisers to the country’s paddy farmers. - Facebook

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Mohamad during a speech in the Sembang Santai Unity Programme at Kampung Hayat, Bentong yesterday.

Rural and Regional Development deputy minister Datuk Rubiah Wang (second from the right) observing crops during a visit to the Perda Food Valley - BERNAMA PIX

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof (third from the right) who was the Plantation and Commodities Minister after officiating the ceremony for Berandau Day and the Sarawak Cocoa Cluster Cooperative at the Cocoa Research and Development Centre - BERNAMA PIX