{"id":11092,"date":"2023-11-23T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/?p=11092"},"modified":"2023-11-23T07:45:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T07:45:24","slug":"a-hefty-p-rice-to-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/a-hefty-p-rice-to-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"A hefty p-rice to pay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A-G report: Padi planting project saw record loss of RM660mil<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PETALING JAYA: Malaysia\u2019s rice planting programme saw a loss of RM660.14mil, the highest loss of public funds recorded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of RM448.87mil in subsidies and incentives to padi farmers, channelled through the Agriculture and Food Security Ministry to the Farmers\u2019 Organisation Authority (LPP), was also not spent, the Auditor-General\u2019s Report 2022 revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The RM448.87mil is the remaining accumulated allocation as of 2022, the report said, adding that the management of allocation distribution was not satisfactory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe audit review showed that RM3.673bil was channelled from the ministry to LPP from 2019 to 2022 for the implementation of various subsidy schemes and rice planting incentives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe suppliers\u2019 claim performance report for the Federal Government Padi Fertiliser Assistance Scheme (SBPKP), Padi Production Incentive Scheme (SIPP) and Legitimate Rice Incentive (IBPS), found LPP\u2019s total expenditure for the period was RM3.224bil, with a remaining accumulated allocation of RM448 .87mil,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The targets of rice production output and rice productivity per hectare have also not been achieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe management of the programme was unsatisfactory and needs to be improved in terms of land, rice seed, fertiliser and machinery management as well as allocation control, \u201c the report concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe rice seed production by the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi) for the period 2019 to 2022 of 258.14 tonnes could not meet the required demand of 507.52 tonnes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cInsufficient production of rice seeds will lead to the use of rice seeds that are not recognised by the Department of Agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs of Dec 31, 2022, the rice granary has not been gazetted as a rice planting area except for Muda Agriculture Development Authority (Mada). The total padi area for the four granaries has shrunk by 11,123ha,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report noted that the selling price of rice seeds to farmers \u2013 RM35.50 and RM58.00 \u2013 exceeded the permissible control price of RM35.00. As such, farmers had to bear the cost of higher rice production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was also a delay in the distribution of fertilisers to farmers with some receiving supplies past the proper fertilisation period, affecting its use during the proper rice growing season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An exemption was also given to National Farmers\u2019 Organisation\u2019s (Nafas) for the delay in the supply of fertilisers worth RM211.27mil. However, the delays in the supply of fertilisers became a recurring issue every year because the suppliers did not face any action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lack of machinery caused farmers to rely on private service providers as only 589 (66.0%) of the 892 agricultural machinery could be operated, the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The audit recommended that the ministry create an integrated and comprehensive database involving information on padi fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the database also needs to involve parties in the rice production chain such as manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers, the area of rice cultivation, rice and rice production results, rice farmers\u2019 income and other related information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cReview every contract involved in the padi and rice industry so it does not harm the government,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A-G report: Padi planting project saw record loss of RM660mil PETALING JAYA: Malaysia\u2019s rice planting programme saw a loss of RM660.14mil, the highest loss of public funds recorded. 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