Govt ready to meet chicken farmers over subsidy delivery issues, says deputy agriculture minister


KUALA LUMPUR: The Agriculture and Food Security Ministry has agreed to meet with affected egg and chicken farmers in Johor whose subsidy applications were rejected, the Parliament's Special Chamber heard on Wednesday (March 5).

Deputy Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup said that such sessions to engage with the farmers, as proposed by Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong (BN-Ayer Hitam), would help in ensuring better governance and transparency of subsidy delivery.

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