IT will be the boot lickers, who to put it plainly and vulgarly will confess that even your fart have a nice aroma to it.
THE MADA chairman says READ : RM3 billion allocation will improve paddy production and eradicate hardcore poverty
LEMBAGA Kemajuan Pertanian Muda was formed by an act of Parliament in 1972, and today in 2023, its chairman Ismail Salleh readily admits a large portion of the country's hardcore poor are paddy farmers within Mada's jurisdiction in Kedah and Perlis.
ISMAIL Salleh's shallow thinking that increasing the income of the farmer, equates to a profit for the paddy farmer is exactly why the paddy farmers make up the bulk of the hardcore poor of the country.
AS anyone with a common sence can see, we are forcing our farmers, to sell their output at below the market rates, resulting in our rice price being lower than what you can buy off the shelf in Thailand and Vietnam, who are major export players.
RICE farming is a business, and any business men still in business can tell you, if you are forced to sell below marker rates, and your production level is increased, you will get higher income/revenue and with that you brace your self with wider losses.
IN short, the farmers need to make a healthier profit to stay in business , so tying both their hands behind is not going to do the trick