Minister Mohamad Sabu said the country’s agricultural stocks are still under control and the ministry would ensure an adequate supply of daily necessities.

“The Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (Fama), the Farmers Organisation Authority and the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute are monitoring the situation to ensure our stocks are sufficient,” he told reporters after launching the Agro Madani sales programme at Kampung Johan Setia here today.

Mohamad said the ministry had also drawn up an emergency plan in the event of a food supply shortage due to the current hot weather.

“We will import (agricultural goods) if need be. We’ve already listed the source countries if we have to do it urgently,” he said.

Regarding the Agro Madani sales programme, Mohamad said the pilot project would be expanded to nine other locations in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur.

“Through this programme, commodities sold can be expanded to include fresh produce and controlled items with a 10-30% discount for selected products.

“Among the focus areas for this programme are retail outlets of agencies under the ministry, people’s housing projects (PPR), urban poor areas and the suburbs,” he said.

Mohamad said the ministry was targeting to generate around RM150,000 in sales through 10 events under the programme.

He said the location of the next event would be announced on Fama’s official social media platform soon.