PETALING JAYA: Failure to address delays in the supply of fertiliser to rice farmers could continue to depress local paddy production and lower the country's rice Self-Sufficiency Rate (SSR), thus increasing Malaysia's dependence on imports. Chairman of the Malaysian Rice Farmers' Association (Pesawah), Abdul Rashid Yob, said the risk was becoming more pronounced as the country's rice SSR continued to decline, causing a gap between rice producti…
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PETALING JAYA: Failure to address delays in the supply of fertiliser to rice farmers could continue to depress local paddy production and lower the country's rice Self-Sufficiency Rate (SSR), thus increasing Malaysia's dependence on imports. Chairman of the Malaysian Rice Farmers' Association (Pesawah), Abdul Rashid Yob, said the risk was becoming more pronounced as the country's rice SSR continued to decline, causing a gap between rice producti…