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    Salahuddin: Govt wants to collaborate with China on new technology to improve rice yields <\/p>\n

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    People plant rice seedlings at a village in Huaying, Sichuan province, China, April 27, 2017. The use of modern technology in the paddy sector in China has allowed the country to produce up to eight tonnes per hectare. \u2014 Reuters pic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    KOTA BELUD, July 13 \u2014 The Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry (MOA) wants to collaborate with China to introduce new technology here in efforts to improve rice yields in the country, says its minister Datuk Salahuddin Ayub.<\/p>\n

    He said the use of modern technology in the paddy sector in China has allowed the country to produce up to eight tonnes per hectare apart from storing enough rice supply for the use of its 1.4 billion people.<\/p>\n

    \u201cDuring the Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad\u2019s visit to China with me and accompanied by MOA\u2019s secretary-general Datuk Sallehuddin Hassan, we obtained interesting information on how China sustains its annual supply of rice and to keep it sufficient for its 1.4 billion population.<\/p>\n

    \u201cBased on that, we heed to the prime minister\u2019s call for Malaysia, particularly us at MOA, to collaborate with China to introduce new technology (that China used in rice sector) in the country,\u201d he told reporters after handing over the key of rice harvesting machine to farmers in Kampung Merabau here, today.<\/p>\n

    Also present were Sabah Agriculture and Food Industry Minister Datuk Junz Wong, Sallehuddin and Kota Belud Integrated Agricultural Development Area (IADA) director Salmah Labulla.<\/p>\n

    Salahuddin said he planned to visit Hainan, China, as it was among the successful sites in the country\u2019s rice sector as well as visiting several research institutions.<\/p>\n

    He said modern technology used in rice cultivation in China, to be introduced here, would cover the whole value chain in the sector including looking at the use of drones and Artificial Intelligence technology.<\/p>\n

    Such high technology was expected to be implemented by Kota Belud IADA towards increasing rice yields and further boosting farmers\u2019 income, he said.<\/p>\n

    In another development, Salahuddin said the MOA to formulate a new policy in the fisheries sector to ensure better yields for fishermen, thus generating substantial returns to the group.<\/p>\n

    He said the new policy was also in line with the government\u2019s efforts to safeguard marine resources, apart from carrying out enforcement against foreign fishermen who trespassed into the country\u2019s territorial waters.<\/p>\n

    \u201cThe ministry is drafting this new policy and it is (expected) to be completed within three months,\u201d he said. \u2014 Bernama<\/p>\n

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