Agriculture and Food Industries Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ronald Kiandee said this was among the efforts being made to increase padi production at the domestic level following the country's self-sufficiency level being at around 63%.
"Besides that, Mafi intends to develop padi cultivation areas with a target of 300,000 hectares in stages, targeting to increase the national average yield per hectare to seven tonnes during the 12th Malaysia Plan and increase the income of the target group of farmers,” he said in a statement. "Efforts to cultivate MRQ76 fragrant padi on a large scale is seen to be able to complete the value chain in the country's padi and rice sub-sector.
Kiandee said Mafi was studying a new specific policy for the development of the maize industry to reduce feed imports which included a large-scale approach and encouraged the involvement of the private sector or government-linked companies .
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