KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia plans to achieve 80% self-sufficiency in terms of white rice production by 2030, Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu told the Dewan Rakyat on Thursday .
"The target is to achieve a self-sufficiency rate of 75% by next year and 80% by 2030," the Agriculture and Food Security Minister said in a written reply to a question raised by Datuk Seri Dr Wee Jeck Seng in Parliament on Thursday. To a separate question by Hassan Abdul Karim , Mohamad said that his ministry is working with the Malaysia Competition Commission to determine if cartels were responsible for the recent shortage of locally produced white rice in the market.Mohamad acknowledged there was a shortage of local white rice, which was due to several external and domestic factors, including lower production yield.
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