{"id":13584,"date":"2024-01-14T20:22:34","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T20:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/?p=13584"},"modified":"2024-01-14T20:22:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T20:22:48","slug":"give-smallholders-grants-to-own-rice-mills-says-farmers-authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/give-smallholders-grants-to-own-rice-mills-says-farmers-authority\/","title":{"rendered":"Give smallholders grants to own rice mills, says farmers\u2019 authority"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Farmers\u2019 Organisation Authority says this will help overcome the shortage of local white rice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sawah-padi-petani_bernama_111118-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sawah-padi-petani_bernama_111118-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sawah-padi-petani_bernama_111118-1-600x375.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sawah-padi-petani_bernama_111118-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sawah-padi-petani_bernama_111118-1-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Farmers\u2019 Organisation Authority said small rice-milling machines cost about RM5,000 a unit. (Bernama pic)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PARIT BUNTAR: Putrajaya should help rice farmers to own small-scale rice mills and overcome the shortage of local white rice, says the Farmers\u2019 Organisation Authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FOA director-general Azulita Salim said government grants could help the farmers to own milling machines costing around RM5,000 a unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is one method we can introduce so that farmers can own small machines. At least the shortage of local white rice can be mitigated through planting our own rice or eating the rice we planted ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA rice milling machine can produce 2.5kg of good quality rice (per cycle),\u201d she told reporters after visiting the FOA\u2019s Tanjung Piandang rice purchasing centre here today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also expressed hope that three certified rice milling plants in Kedah, Perak and Selangor will help the country overcome the shortage of local white rice once they are fully operational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor now we only have one certified rice mill at Lahar Bubu in Penang that can process about 5,000 metric tonnes of certified rice seeds annually, but this is inadequate as we have 240,000 farmers and they need 72,000 metric tonnes annually,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Farmers\u2019 Organisation Authority says this will help overcome the shortage of local white rice. 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