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Promise 10: Guarantee people's basic food needs and taking care

of the welfare of farmers

Guaranteed food supply is essential to the survival of the people.

Adequate stocks of basic food, and the ability to produce the basic food
products needed in the country, will ensure that our food supply is secure.

UMNO and Barisan Nasional has focused too much in attracting foreign
investors interested only in manufacturing and services, but have forgotten

the importance of having a modern and productive agricultural sector. This

threatens the security of food supply in the country.

The Pakatan Harapan Government will re-evaluate Malaysia’s Food Security

Policy and create a better policy that makes full use of modern agricultural
technology. Farmers will be assisted in accessing new technologies,

particularly in the cultivation of rice, vegetables, raw materials, poultry,

meat and fisheries.

Our goal is to ensure Malaysia becomes a country that can guarantee self-

sufficiency even in times of crisis.

This strategy will also ensure that farmers can improve their household
income, and help stabilize the prices of basic necessities because we no

longer need to import too many items from overseas.

In the first two years of our administration, we will give emphasis to the

country's main staple food namely rice. Pakatan Harapan takes note of the

demands from Badan Bertindak Selamatkan Industri Padi Beras Negara and
we promise to help paddy farmers nationwide with the aim of making the

rice industry more productive and ensure the welfare of paddy farmers.

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