ALOR SETAR: The Agriculture and Food Security Ministry will investigate the vegetable dumping reported to be occurring in the Lojing Highlands, affecting about 500 farmers.
Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu (pic) said the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (Fama) would also provide advisory services to ensure a stable supply of vegetables, thus benefiting local growers.
“The ministry will ensure coordination is made to balance the supply of local vegetables with imported ones,” he told reporters at a Hari Raya event here on Sunday night, Bernama reported.
Mohamad commented on a recent media report that farmers in the Lojing Highlands had to throw away thousands of tonnes of unsold vegetables due to alleged dumping of imported vegetable supplies.
He said the cultivation of certain vegetables by many farmers in one season was one of the factors that caused the dumping.
