‘Address poverty among farmers to ensure food security’


PUTRAJAYA: Padi farmers must be brought out of poverty as a way to ensure food security, says Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

The Prime Minister said farmers were stuck in poverty and heavily relied on government subsidies.

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