Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Salahuddin Ayub says the Bernas contract for rice importing and food safety expires in 2021 and his ministry is looking for suitable replacements. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, September 10, 2019.
FARMERS are likely to benefit from profit earned by Padiberas Nasional Bhd or any other parties that will be granted a rice Permit Import with Bernas’s current contract expiring in January 2021. Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Salahuddin Ayub said his ministry planned to allocate part of the profit into the farmers’ investment fund for their welfare, including fishermen.
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