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Published on: Sunday, March 07, 2021
By: Bernama
Credit: nst.com.my
BELURAN: The Agriculture and Food Industry Ministry (Mafi) is targetting over 3,000 farmers throughout the country to receive assistance from the Community Garden Programme (Kebuniti) and the Organic Farming Programme under the 12th Malaysia Plan.
Its minister Datuk Seri Dr Ronald Kiandee
(pic) said both programmes involved an allocation of RM50 million to help the rural population to generate income.
“The goal of Kebuniti is to produce crops for self-sustenance.of course surplus can be turned into economic opportunities.
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“For the organic programme, the goal is to develop agricultural industry through an eco-friendly method and of course, to produce better crops in terms of bio-security,” he told reporters after attending an event with farmers in Lingkabau zone here Saturday.