Group urges gov't to retain input subsidies for paddy farmers

A Kedah-based agriculture movement has urged the government to plug leakages in input subsidies that assist paddy farmers rather than replace the scheme with output subsidies based on yield.

Padi Rescue movement coordinator Nurfitri Amir Muhammad in a statement said the shift from input to output based subsidies, as proposed by think-tank Khazanah Research Institute, could lower costs for the government but also have a negative impact on paddy farmers...