According to the Agriculture and Food Industry Ministry, Sabah imported 290,000 tonnes of rice, including reserves, in 2021 but produced only 22,000 tonnes locally.

KOTA KINABALU: Some 15,000 rice farmers from the upper interior of Sabah received RM13mil of assistance in the form of fertiliser and weed control as well as cash aid from the Agriculture and Food ...

KOTA KINABALU, Feb 14 (Bernama) -- The government's move to readjust the floor price of paddy at RM1,500 per metric tonne effective Sunday, has encouraged paddy farmers in Sabah to produce more paddy ...

Last month, Sabah deputy chief minister Jeffrey Kitingan said the state should be given the autonomy to manage its rice imports. Kitingan, who is also the state’s agriculture, fisheries and food ...

* Indian farmers plant paddy rice twice in a year. Summer-sown crop planting starting in June accounts for more than 80% of the total output, which was 135.5 million tons in the 2022/23 crop year.

Prices of rice exported from top hub India jumped to their highest since early March this week, driven by tight supplies and a move to raise the government-mandated price for paddy, while rates ...

Sabah, rice, SSL, Arthur Joseph Kurup. KOTA KINABALU, Feb 14 (Bernama) -- The government's move to readjust the floor price of paddy at RM1,500 per metric tonne effective Sunday, has encouraged paddy ...