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Madani Rice: Creating More Problems Than It Resolves?

Professor Datin Sri Paduka Dr Fatimah Mohamed Arshad, Research Fellow, Institute of Agricultural and Food Policy Studies, University Putra Malaysia

19-Feb-24 07:30

Madani Rice: Creating More Problems Than It Resolves?

Last week, the government announced plans to introduce a new category of white rice known as Beras Putih Malaysia Madani to replace the existing local and imported categories. The Minister of Agriculture has since clarified that no final decision has been made - but would the Madani white rice create more problems than it resolves? We speak to Prof. Dr. Fatimah Arshad of UPM to better understand the flaws in our rice agricultural industry.

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Produced by: Shazana Mokhtar

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Wong Shou Ning, Keith Kam


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Categories:  economy

Tags:  ricemadaniagriculture sectoragriculture minister





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