Chicken stockpile in the wings


JustGood Grocer staffs showing the vegetables stocks after the signing ceremony patner agreement on precission farming technology between Idea Company Sdn Bhd Aman with Hoogerndoorn Growth Management on June 09.-AZMAN GHANI/The Star

PETALING JAYA: The immediate setting up of a chicken stockpile is among a host of measures that the government will take to address the current shortage of food supplies, says Agriculture and Food Industries Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ronald Kiandee.

“The chicken stockpile will involve the cooperation of the Farmers’ Organisation Authority and will be implemented immediately,” he said yesterday.

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