Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu gave a stern warning in the Dewan Rakyat on Tuesday that action will be taken against irresponsible parties found to be hoarding local rice seeds.
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00:00 [President of the Assembly, Mr. Sulaiman] "Assalamualaikum." [President of the Assembly, Mr. Sulaiman] "Speaker, just a moment. I would like to welcome the visit from the Syilatul Rahim Association." [President of the Assembly, Mr. Sulaiman] "Please do not do that. Because after this, I will ask for the Gantang mountain to be mentioned again." [President of the Assembly, Mr. Sulaiman] "Just to welcome you." [President of the Assembly, Mr. Sulaiman] "Yes, but now I will invite you to Gantang first. After this, I will ask for the Gantang mountain to be mentioned again. Thank you."
00:22 [President of the Assembly, Mr. Sulaiman] "I would like to ask a question from the people in the paddy field area. Because the Minister is here this morning, the problem is that the paddy fields are no longer available in the market.
00:35 They have been looking for paddy fields for a week, but they can't find any. The price is out of control. And if you buy, you will not be charged. The current price they buy is Rp. 68 to Rp. 75 per bag.
00:51 There are paddy fields that may not be able to plant paddy this season. I would like to ask for clarification from the Minister."
00:59 [President of the Assembly, Mr. Sulaiman] "The question is about livestock. When we say livestock, it means living things. Chicken, fish, cow, buffalo.
01:09 So when paddy is planted, it comes out of the paddy field. But we are trying to sort it out. The Ministry will act on it.
01:20 We hope that they will not hide the paddy fields. We will act this time. We don't care if there are arrests in 20 places.
01:37 We will not hide the paddy fields. We are warning them to work together. We will discuss the price later.
01:48 But if you want to give paddy to the farmers, you must do it immediately. Because if you want to increase the price of paddy, paddy fields, etc., we will discuss it later.
01:55 We cannot use this situation to suppress one thing so that they can achieve their goals by torturing others.
02:04 We assure that we will act as best as we can so that paddy can be planted this year according to the schedule, if possible, God willing."
02:15 [President of the Assembly, Mr. Sulaiman] "I invite the Minister of Agriculture to ask for clarification on who came."
02:22 [Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Sulaiman] "Thank you, Mr. President. I welcome the presence of the Association of Children of the Exiled.
02:38 Welcome to the people. If we look at the government's report, the government has imported almost 1 billion paddy fields every year for the cattle and sheep.
02:54 My question to the Minister is, what steps has the government taken to overcome the pestilence of the sheep farmers since recently,
03:04 namely the sheep from Thailand, which has caused the sale of local sheep to decline due to the cheap price of the Thai sheep,
03:17 some selling for Rp. 250, some selling for Rp. 100. So what steps has the government taken to save the sheep farmers in this area? Thank you."
03:27 [Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Sulaiman] "The government has taken action to close the border.
03:34 Yesterday, I went to the Pera area and I was informed that the sheep from Thailand were brought in from Kelantan because the border is narrow.
03:51 We will ask the authorities to act more actively and keep the sheep so that we know.
03:59 Why are the sheep in Thailand so cheap? Because they are mostly released sheep.
04:07 We don't know if the sheep are sick or not because they don't go through the DVS network and so on.
04:17 And indeed, the price of rice in Thailand is quite high, but why are the sheep so cheap there?
04:28 We expect the government to take action to keep the sheep so that we can keep the same price.
04:33 We are also trying to facilitate the sheep so that they can be bred by young people now.
04:46 And we hope that the government can play a role so that the sheep can be bred efficiently and sufficiently,
05:03 so that the family can depend on the sheep.
05:10 If that is not enough, then it is possible, but it does not reach the level of family dependence.
05:16 Thank you.