:Agri sector need to plant basic food: Au

SANDAKAN: Elopura state assemblyman YB Au Kam Wah urges those involved in agriculture sector in the district to gain more knowledge and obtain expertise in planting basic food such as rice and planting it in the effort to curb the shortage of rice.

In a statement issued, Au said this during the swearing-in of office bearers for the district’s Agriculture Association recently adding citing that the hike of petroleum has caused such basic food to be short and had created some worries in many countries. He said they can learn from country such as China as they are now producing rice at a larger tonnage per acre with advanced technology know how. `Many advanced countries are now making alternative fuel from plants and this our agriculture sector can benefit’, he added over the many advances in such technology in developed countries and planters in the country must also follow suit.