Growing the best: Farmers busy tending to vegetables grown at a farm at Changkat Kinding in Ulu Kinta in this file photo. — RONNIE CHIN/The Star
PETALING JAYA: The planned law on plant seed quality that is slated to be tabled in Parliament next year is drawing flak from the very farmers that it is supposed to protect.
Farmers’ groups have urged the government to halt the tabling of the Crop Seed Quality Bill in Parliament, citing a lack of transparency, insufficient consultation with farmers and NGOs, and potential threats to farmers’ rights and livelihoods.
