Red onions to be cultivated in Perak Tengah, says exco members

SUNGAI SIPUT: The Perak government will develop a BAW-1 red onion cultivation project in Perak Tengah this year, with a target area of around 40 hectares, following the recent success of the first local red onion planting project in Sungkai.

State rural development, plantation, agriculture and food industries committee chairman Datuk Mohd Zolkafly Harun said the project will be made possible by the Perak state Agricultural Development Corporation (Perak SADC), in collaboration with the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi).