‘Address oversupply by setting up special fund for farmers’

Farmers fear there will be fewer orders for fresh produce during the lockdown. —Filepic

CASH crop farmers are hoping that the government will allocate dedicated funding to the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (Fama) to address the issue of oversupply during the lockdown.

Johor Farmers Movement Association chairman Datuk Mazlan Aliman said that during the first movement control order in March last year, the oversupply of fruits and vegetables had led to wastage and farmers incurred thousands of ringgit in losses.

Mazlan showing a copy of the memorandum that he handed over to Johor Fama’s Shahrizan.

“We anticipate a similar situation with the current lockdown.