COMMENT | Is food security a joke in Perak?
Andrew SiaCOMMENT | The price of vegetables went up by 160 percent in January 2023. Yet in October, over 130 hardworking farmers at Kanthan, north of Ipoh, Perak, who produce tonnes of vegetables, corn and fruits were evicted.
Even more ironic, Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi announced in May that the government is identifying land for food production through Felcra.
When chicken prices were soaring last year, due to the high cost of imported corn feed, suddenly there was talk of planting more corn.
Yet, farmers in Kanthan who are already producing corn are being shut down. Is our food security a joke?
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