Rice self-sufficiency rate at 62.6% in 2022, Dewan Rakyat told

KUALA LUMPUR: As of last year, the self-sufficiency rate (SSR) for rice was at 62.6%, chicken and duck eggs 108.9%, vegetables 44.7%, and fruits 78.1%, said Deputy Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Chan Foong Hin.

Chan also said the SSR figures for Malaysia’s other main food commodities were 14.7% for beef, 94.4% for chicken and duck meat, 57.3% for fresh milk and 90.2% for edible fish.