KUCHING: Sarawak will work together with the Netherlands to transform its agriculture sector through technology and ensure food security, says Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg.
The Premier said Sarawak was keen to learn from the Netherlands, which was the world's second largest exporter of food despite having a small land size and population.
"We can reach out to this market to help eradicate hunger and provide quality food which is affordable to contribute to the prosperity of people in this region," he told reporters after opening the Sarawak-Netherlands food security workshop here on Tuesday . In his speech earlier, Abang Johari said Sarawak's agriculture sector was still lacking in the command of technology, soil management and nurseries to produce seeds.
Abang Johari later witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding by the Sarawak Food Industry, Commodity and Regional Development Ministry with Sarawak Metropolitan Food Cluster Consortium, a Sarawak-Dutch group, to develop metropolitan food clusters in the state.
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