Food security the focus of next Budget

Doing swimmingly: Tengku Zafrul (second from left) looking at some of the freshwater fish breeding tanks during his working visit to a breeding centre in Bukit Batu, Kulai.

KULAI: Food security and the agricultural sector will be among the main focus of the coming Budget 2022 in line with the government’s socio-economic recovery plan and growth in the short, medium and long term, says Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz.

These sectors will lay the foundation in reducing the country’s dependency on imported food in the long run, he said.