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Sarawak Has Potential To Ensure Country's Food Sovereignty - Ahmad Shabery
Sarawak Has Potential To Ensure Country's Food Sovereignty - Ahmad Shabery
30/11/2015 (Bernama) - Sarawak has the the potential to be developed as agricultural areas to ensure the country's food sovereignty, said Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek.
He said if Malaysia was too dependent on imported food supplies, the country would be depending on the mercy of foreign countries, which could have impacted the country's geopolitics.
"Many agricultural areas have been developed into factory areas and paddy plantations turned into palm oil plantations. But there are many land in Sarawak which can be turned into agricultural areas, thereby ensuring the country's food sovereignty," he said at the 2015 National Farmers, Livestock Producers and Fishermen's Convention here Friday night.
Also present were Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Alfred Jabu Numpang; Deputy Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministers Anthony Nogeh Gumbek and Datuk Seri Tajuddin Abdul Rahman; and National Farmers Organisation chairman Datuk Seri Saipolbahari Suib.
The three-day convention which began yesterday is participated by 522 farmers, livestock producers and fishermen from across the country.
During the event, Ahmad Shabery also launched a book entitled 'Fish Supply-Demand LKIM', which contains information on the supply and demand of Malaysia's fishing industry and future expectations of the country's fishing industry.
He said if Malaysia was too dependent on imported food supplies, the country would be depending on the mercy of foreign countries, which could have impacted the country's geopolitics.
"Many agricultural areas have been developed into factory areas and paddy plantations turned into palm oil plantations. But there are many land in Sarawak which can be turned into agricultural areas, thereby ensuring the country's food sovereignty," he said at the 2015 National Farmers, Livestock Producers and Fishermen's Convention here Friday night.
Also present were Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Alfred Jabu Numpang; Deputy Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministers Anthony Nogeh Gumbek and Datuk Seri Tajuddin Abdul Rahman; and National Farmers Organisation chairman Datuk Seri Saipolbahari Suib.
The three-day convention which began yesterday is participated by 522 farmers, livestock producers and fishermen from across the country.
During the event, Ahmad Shabery also launched a book entitled 'Fish Supply-Demand LKIM', which contains information on the supply and demand of Malaysia's fishing industry and future expectations of the country's fishing industry.