Under Budget 2021 the government will implement seven key initiatives worth RM140 million to boost the agriculture sector and food industry. This will also include the allocation of RM30 million for the extension of the Community Farming Programme for the semi-urban and rural communities. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, November 6, 2020.
THE government will implement seven key initiatives worth RM410 million to empower the agriculture sector and food industry next year, according to Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz. These include the allocation of RM30 million for the extension of the Community Farming Programme for the semi-urban and rural communities, which provides equipment such as fertigation kits and crop media of up to RM500 per individual or RM50,000 per community.
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