Pending rep: Sarawak rice board must deliver real improvements to food security, not just be administrative body

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Violet Yong articulated the necessity for the Sarawak Padi and Rice Board to not merely function as an administrative body, but to effect tangible advancements in food security and farmer empowerment. Concern over the state's low rice self-sufficiency highlights the urgency of this initiative.

KUCHING (May 12): The proposed Sarawak Padi and Rice Board must become more than just a new administrative body and instead deliver real improvements to food security, farmer empowerment and rice production in the state, said Violet Yong (DAP-Pending). She said Sarawak’s rice self-sufficiency level currently stood at only about 34 to 38 per cent, [...] The post Pending rep: Sarawak rice board must deliver real improvements to food security, not just be administrative body appeared first on Borneo Post Online.