Kelantan digs deep into padi farming


KOTA BARU: Several padi-growing areas outside the jurisdiction of the Kemubu Agricultural Development Authority (Kada) are being upgraded to boost local production in Kelantan.

State agriculture, agro-based industry, biotechnology, green technology and environment committee chairman Tuan Mohd Saripudin Tuan Ismail said the padi-growing areas included about 121ha in Machang that was being developed for the purpose.

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