KUALA LUMPUR: The government has of late been focusing on addressing food security issues by zeroing in on efforts to boost agricultural production and reduce the nation’s dependence on food imports.
Various policies and initiatives - not only involving the federal government but also agencies such as government-linked companies and state government and private entities - have been mobilised to ensure that food security risks do not escalate further.
"The government’s move to involve the relevant agencies is highly appropriate with regard to finding a comprehensive solution that focuses on the problem of supply and demand which, now, is seen to be unbalanced. The effects of this imbalance will hamper consumers’ ability to obtain food,” Ariff Azly told Bernama.
"It is hoped that the synergy between the federal government and state governments can be made a starting point for the reduction of our nation’s reliance on food imports," he added. He said the government can, through the Rural Development Ministry, collaborate with academics and researchers from local universities by carrying out research on, for instance, the production of animal feed from local resources.
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