PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia faces no problems in terms of sufficient supply of rice in the country, the Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry said yesterday. The secretary of the ministry’s Paddy and Rice Industry Division, Shamsuddin Ismail, said the country produced 73 per cent of the rice needs and the rest was met with imports under long-term contracts.
“However, in order to guarantee food security, the government is conducting a holistic study on the management of the national paddy and rice industry,” he said in a statement released yesterday in response to a media report yesterday questioning whether there was a shortage of rice.
