KUALA LUMPUR – Food security committees at the state and district levels will be set up to ensure the federal and state governments can implement the National Food Security Policy Action Plan 2021-2025 in synergy, said Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
The prime minister said this was decided at a meeting he chaired today with menteri besar and chief ministers, which was also attended by the relevant ministers.
Ismail Sabri said the meeting emphasised the need to strengthen cooperation between the federal and state governments to enhance the country’s food supply security, which is facing various challenges due to current global developments.
The state governments have also agreed to implement seven initiatives for this purpose, he said in a statement.
These include increasing the area for agriculture, especially state-owned land, by gazetting agricultural land as reserves under Section 62 of the National Land Code and then leasing them out under Section 63 of the code for periods of at least 10 to 21 years.
“Apart from this, they will strengthen the awarding of state land to state government subsidiaries related to agriculture, which will then lease out the land to agriculture entrepreneurs for a period of 30 years.
“State authorities can also, subject to state land procedures, approve temporary occupation licences of at least three years which can be renewed,” he added. – Bernama, June 28, 2022
