Rice self-sufficiency target requires higher yields in low-output granaries
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- Malaysia needs to raise productivity in low-yield granary areas to reach its 80 percent rice self-sufficiency target.
- Dr. Elixon Sunian Sulaiman said yield gaps between regions must be addressed to increase national paddy production.
Improving productivity in low-yield granary areas should be a priority if Malaysia is to achieve its target of 80 percent rice self-sufficiency, Dr. Elixon Sunian Sulaiman said.
The director of the Rice Research Centre said significant differences in yields between growing areas remained a problem that needed to be addressed.
He said targeted programmes would be needed to raise paddy output nationwide.
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Originally published by Utusan Malaysia in Malay. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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