Terengganu To Export Rice By 2013

SETIU, Sept 8 (Bernama) — By 2013, Terengganu will be ready to export rice when its padi fields measure 26,276 hectares.

Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said said that with such hectarage, the state would be able to produce 113,490 metric tonnes of padi or 76,330 metric tonnes of rice worth RM214 million, to cater to 85 per cent of its people by 2011, as compared to the current 46 per cent.

“We hope to export rice in the near future,” he told reporters after officiating a harvest ceremony at Kampung Jelapang here Tuesday.

Also present was state agricultural industry commitee chairman Rozi Mamat.

— BERNAMA

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