Just requested the Lawas and Ba'Kelalan areas to be involved in the cattle breeding program in Malaysia

KUCHING: State Assembly member Ba'Kelalan Baru Bian (pictured) requested the Sarawak Government to involve the Lawas area and its constituency in the cattle breeding program. He said the Sarawak Government had allocated RM10.6 million to establish cattle breeding farms in Kuching, Serian and Betong. "I am a little disappointed that Lawas was not included when it has been identified as a buffalo producing district along with Limbang. "In 2018, when our beef production adequacy level was only five percent, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture announced that Sarawak aims to produce 30 percent of its beef supply to meet local demand in the state by 2030. "The Premier of Sarawak informed this House that the level of adequacy is now only at 13 percent," he said. He said this while debating the Supply Bill (2025), 2024 at the State Legislative Assembly (DUN) Conference here today. Just told, the growth rate which increased from five percent to 13 percent in eight years, is quite low and ...