KLUANG: The Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi) is actively conducting research in an effort to produce more coffee variants to meet demand following a shortage of local coffee beans.
Deputy Agriculture and Food Security Minister Chan Foong Hin said the shortage could now be considered critical because local coffee production only meets about 3% of domestic demand.
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