Plz revive Sabah Padi

I urged The State Government to revive the Sabah Padi and Rice Board or Lembaga Padi dan Beras Sabah to manage Sabah's own rice production.

The revival of the board to manage padi cultivation and rice production in Sabah was important due to the food crisis affecting the world.

We are hearing about the food shortage since the production of rice by importing countries like Thailand and Vietnam is also affected due to climatic changes.

It is causing the government money as the price of rice becomes erratic.

with the setting up of the board, the State government should be able to muster plans to ensure all idle land suitable for padi cultivation is developed on a big scale.

We can see vast private lands in Sabah which are left idle, if these areas can be developed we can produce more rice for our local consumption and if there is surplus, export it and that it would boost the income of the State government.

it was true that the Sabah Padi Board had failed previously but the State government now could put in a mechanism to ensure good governance.

If the Sabah Rubber Industry Board and the Sabah Land Development Board can succeed why not our own Sabah Padi and Rice Board and the important thing is to ensure it is managed by sincere and capable people

The government could improve irrigation and drainage to ensure padi fields in Sabah produce better harvests.

I can see in Papar there are thousands of hectares of land that can be developed into productive padi fields provided the irrigation system is improved.