IPOH: The jihad (struggle) against middlemen should focus on ensuring market transparency and preventing exploitation, not replacing them in the food supply chain, a lawmaker suggests.
Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob on Saturday announced an allocation of RM100 million from the Agro-Food Fund to be placed under the Cooperatives Commission of Malaysia (SKM) to help cooperatives develop the agro-food industry, especially poultry farming
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob wants the entire cooperatIve movement through Angkatan Koperasi Kebangsaan Malaysia Berhad (Angkasa) to keep up the "Jihad” (struggle) against middlemen to empower the national food security agenda.
KUALA LUMPUR: Angkatan Koperasi Kebangsaan Malaysia Berhad (Angkasa) has identified nine cooperatives that can be included in the poultry industry to address the chicken supply shortage in the country.