Tag: NCR

The Sarawak Padi and Rice Board Bill 2026 establishes a statutory body to tackle Sarawak's 21% rice self-sufficiency, aiming for 60% by 2030 through modernisation, private partnerships, and institutional coordination amid global food supply vulnerabilities.

Sarawak's agribusiness transformation advances through strategic agro-parks and digital innovation, yet governance gaps in contract farming, Native Customary Rights tenure, and fragmented execution constrain inclusive growth. Achieving sustainable, well-governed business requires institutional consolidation, tenure reform, and full alignment with SDG and ESG principles to realise rural prosperity.

Sarawak's agribusiness transformation must integrate Sustainable Development Goals and ESG principles to access premium international markets, yet systematic alignment with poverty reduction, climate action, environmental stewardship, and social inclusion targets reveals uncomfortable gaps that demand urgent policy attention and institutional reform.

Sarawak's ambitious agribusiness transformation under PCDS 2030 has delivered measurable economic gains, with the sector contributing RM15.1 billion to state GDP in 2024 and employing 247,400 people, yet persistent governance gaps in contract farming, NCR land tenure, and institutional fragmentation threaten to confine progress to isolated pockets rather than achieve broad-based rural prosperity.

Kerajaan Sarawak sentiasa mengiktiraf hak adat Bumiputera Sarawak ke atas tanah mereka seawal tahun 1960an lagi dan usaha ini merupakan usaha berterusan.

MANRED turut melaksanakan Program Tanggungjawab Sosial Korporat (CSR) antaranya Program Pembelian Balik Lambakan Hasil Tani semasa pelaksanaan Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan (PKP) sejak 18 Mac 2020. Kerajaan Sarawak telah memperuntukkan RM1.5 juta kepada 28 Pertubuhan Peladang Kawasan (PPK) untuk membeli lebihan hasil pertanian dari para petani agar mereka tidak hilang punca pendapatan sepanjang tempoh PKP.