: Hardcore poor in Sabah must be given priority in initiatives involving agriculture, fisheries and food industry in the state to help them break free from their current status.
“Under the eKasih data, as at May 18 this year, Sabah’s hardcore poor household heads had dropped to 8,699. I hope more initiatives under MAFFI will involve them. We want to make sure they are lifted out of abject poverty,“ he said after his working visit to MAFFI at Wisma Pertanian here today. Importantly, he said the recently approved Sabah Padi and Rice Board must get underway as soon as possible in order to boost Sabah’s food self-sufficiency level .
Earlier, Deputy Chief Minister I Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan who is also Sabah Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Industry said with the setting up of the LPBS, the goal had been set to enhance Sabah’s SSL to 65 per cent in 2030 and 100 per cent in 2035.
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