Sabah’s former rice bowl hopes to reach 60% self-sufficiency level

Cream of the crop: Kiandee (second from left) looking at a padi exhibit during the ground- breaking ceremony of the AIDA complex at Kota Belud. — Bernama

KOTA KINABALU: Several measures are being introduced in Kota Belud district, once Sabah’s rice bowl, to boost the state’s padi production and achieve the targeted self-sufficiency level.

They included the construction of a RM36mil Integrated Agriculture Development Area (AIDA) complex, which is to become a landmark for the state’s padi and rice industry, said Agriculture and Food Industries Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ronald Kiandee.