PUTRAJAYA, Feb 27 — The Agriculture and Food Security Ministry (MAFS) has imported and distributed 661,761 old coconuts, equivalent to 661 tonnes, with a total value of RM1.45 million, to ensure sufficient coconut supply in the local market.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 1 — The National Farmers' Organisation’s (Nafas) constitution has been suspended effective today, a move aimed at enhancing governance and management within the organisation, said Farmers' Organisation Authority (LPP) director-general Amir Matamin.

PENDANG, Sept 10 — The padi seed production quota for several government agencies must be reviewed to ensure sufficient supply.

ALOR SETAR, Aug 22 — The Farmers’ Organisation Authority (LPP) has called on the government to consider extending the diesel subsidy scheme to include agricultural machinery to alleviate the financial burden on farmers.

PADANG BESAR, April 1 — The government has decided that its institutions like the military, police, schools, hostels, and hospitals will use imported white rice from today onwards so the people can obtain local rice.

PUTRAJAYA, March 19 — The government, via the National Action Council on Cost of Living (NACCOL), has agreed to reduce the retail price of imported white rice by RM2 to RM3 effective tomorrow.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 3 — The Unity Government is committed to continuing with intervention programmes like the Payung Rahmah initiative and Agro Madani Sales, even though the national inflation rate has eased to 2.0 per cent, the lowest in almost two years.

KUALA LUMPUR, 20 Sept — A total of 700 metric tonnes of local white rice will be distributed throughout the Peninsula beginning this Friday (September 22), as an early intervention in addressing the problem of the supply of the country's staple food.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 13 — Rice millers, wholesalers and retailers have committed to implementing the Local White Rice Special Programme (PKBPT) throughout the country to ensure the stability of the local white rice supply in the market.

SEKINCHAN, July 18 — The Selangor branch of the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (Fama) aims to organise 200 Madani Agro Sales programmes in the state until the end of the year.

PORT KLANG, June 29 — The implementation of the chicken buffer stock initiative by the Farmers’ Organisation Authority (LPP) is expected to be able to cover 20 per cent of the domestic supply through the importation of 4,536 tonnes of the protein source from Thailand in stages until the end of July.