KUALA LUMPUR: The value of the agro food sector grew by 6.9% last year compared with 1.7% in 2005, which is not far from the 7.6% average target set in the Ninth Malaysia Plan, said Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
Food planting production increased by 4.6% from 4.01 million metric tonnes in 2005 to 4.17 million metric tonnes last year, he said quoting the ministry’s 2006 annual report.
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