Authorities to address hike in vegetable prices

The Agriculture and Food Industries Ministry (Mafi) is taking several immediate measures to address the 40 percent increase in the price of vegetables, believed to be due to the implementation of the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) in Cameron Highlands, Pahang.

Its Deputy Minister II, Che Abdullah Mat Nawi, said that the ministry, together with the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (Fama), assured to resolve the matter, from producers to consumers.

“We (Mafi) have received information, and are...