TASEK GELUGOR: The Agriculture and Food Security Ministry is intensifying long-term efforts to reduce Malaysia’s dependence on imported food amid global geopolitical uncertainties that could disrupt supply chains and drive up costs.
Its minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu said the ministry is targeting 30% of the country’s grain corn requirements through local production by 2030, including via the development of more than 2,000ha of corn cultivation in Perlis, scheduled to be launched this month.
The ministry, he said is also expanding large-scale onion cultivation involving the Farmers’ Organisation Authority and related agencies, to meet 30% of local supply within four years.
