KUALA LUMPUR: Uncertain weather and diseases throughout the last harvest season between April and August have caused the supply of local white rice to face slight ‘interruptions’ in the market.
Farmers Organisation Authority (LPP) deputy director of development Amir Mat Amin usually, on average, padi yield per harvest can reach seven metric tonnes per hectare, but for last season it dipped to only four metric tonnes.
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