Study on local rice sale

Some leisure time: Mohamad (seated, right) joining a board game activity during the Madani Adopted Village launch ceremony at Kampung Pantai Mek Mas, Kota Baru. — Bernama

KOTA BARU: The Agriculture and Food Ministry (KPKM) is conducting an in-depth study on the current lack of marketability of local rice.

Its minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu said this issue arose because the price of locally sold rice is not significantly different from that of imported rice.