KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 The implementation of the Large-Scale Smart Paddy Field (Smart SBB) programme will be able to help the country achieve its self-sufficient level (SSL).
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said the country has enough supplies of rice and meat to cater to their expected rise in demand in time for the holiday season.
India, the world's leading exporter of rice, has restricted the export of some varieties of rice and is imposing a 20 percent duty on other varieties as the country tries to augment domestic [.]