This has forced Malaysian consumers to buy the more expensive imported supply. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KLANG - Initially there was limited supply of locally-produced rice in supermarkets and grocery stores.
Grocery store owners and rice distributors say that it has been quite some time since they last received the price-controlled locally-produced variety. Mr Ramu said he was now receiving only imported rice, which is being retailed at RM33 for a 10kg bag, but he had been warned by his distributors that the price could go up soon.Rice distributor Osman Abdul Rahman said he had not received local rice from the main supplier since early August.
He said this was not a new development as the shortage of clean water for the padi fields first took root almost a decade ago and had escalated to the current situation. He hopes that the hybrid seeds that are being used by farmers in most other regional rice-producing nations will also be made available to Malaysian padi farmers.“Our seeds are not hybrid and are weak. That is why they are easily damaged by BLS, BLB or BPB.
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