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                                <title><![CDATA[ Rice industry sinking, farmers warn ahead of Putrajaya gathering to protest floor price ]]></title>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Agricultural expert scoffs at idea of replacing rice with tapioca ]]></title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[ It's proof of the government's failure to tackle the rice supply crisis, says a former government adviser on agriculture. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Give Bernas allocation directly to rice farmers, industry players say ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Industry players say output-based incentives will have a greater likelihood of achieving productivity growth than input subsidies. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ As padi production shrinks in Sarawak, food security fears rise ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2022 01:00:28 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Sarawak is already heavily dependent on imported rice, and more and more farmers are giving up on padi cultivation. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Life on a padi farm in Kedah ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2022 01:00:11 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Farmer Saadon Abu Bakar must wait another three to four months to harvest his crop which was swamped by the recent floods. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Farmers struggle in the ‘rice bowl of Malaysia’ ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2021 00:00:25 GMT</pubDate>
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