: The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security will continue with the existing formula of subsidy distribution to broiler chicken breeders and supplier companies at a division ratio of 10 sen and 70 sen, while poultry farmers in Selangor are crying foul with a demand for equal subsidies.
“There needs to be negotiations between integrators and farmers to get the right profit-sharing or even the right subsidy sharing, but so far the ministry is of the opinion that we will maintain the existing rates,” added Mohamad Sabu. On Feb 27, the government decided to continue providing subsidies at a rate of 80 sen per kg for chicken and eight sen per egg for eggs until June 2023, involving a cost of RM1.28 billion.