The agriculture and food security minister says he had talks with representatives of the Indian prime minister.
Mohamad Sabu on a transplanter machine planting seeds at a Felcra permanent padi seed production farm in Seberang Perak, Teluk Intan, today.
He said the discussions were held yesterday with representatives of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi. “We hope that this G2G meeting will help address the current supply problem,” he said here after a visit to a Felcra padi seed production plant. “This shows that we aren’t sitting still on ensuring adequate local rice supply and to ensure the price remains affordable. shortage,” he said.Mohamad reminded the public to purchase rice according to their needs and refrain from panic buying. “If you need two bags of rice a month, then just buy two packets. Hopefully we can control the supplies in the market,” he said.
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