Malaysia: KPKM distributes RM13.23 million to flood-affected rice farmers this year

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup said the assistance was for damage and destruction of 12,800 hectares of cropland based on data collected as of last October. “Kelantan, Kedah and Perlis are some of the states that have suffered the greatest impact and losses due to the disasters that have hit the country. “The 2023 Paddy Crop Disaster Fund has previously provided RM8.38 million to assist 4,946 paddy farmers in the three states involving a destroyed area of 7,400 hectares,” he said during a question and answer session at the Dewan Negara today. He was responding to a supplementary question from Senator Abdul Nasir Idris on the value of assistance given to paddy farmers and the number of paddy farmers who benefited from the fund. Arthur said at the same time that his party would hold a main committee meeting tomorrow to assess the damage from applicants involved in the flood disaster from June to October this year. “It also involves three ...