Agro Madani Provides Rm7 87m In Savings From Jan To March 3 Arthur

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The Agro Madani Sales programme provided savings of RM7.87 million to the people since it was implemented from January to March 3 involving approximately 16,242 local entrepreneurs in 1,227 locations nationwide this year.
Deputy Agriculture and Food Security Minister Arthur Joseph Kurup said that last year, 5,608 Agro Madani Sales programmes, offering prices of goods 10 to 30 percent cheaper than in the market, were implemented nationwide, involving 74,800 entrepreneurs and a sales value of RM93.7 million.
He said that from last year's figures as well, the Sabah Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (Fama) had organised a total of 367 Agro Madani Sales statewide, with a total sales value of RM5.2 million and involving a total of 3,990 entrepreneurs.
“The Agriculture and Food Security Ministry, through its departments and agencies, continues to commit to planning and implementing various initiatives to address the issue of the cost of living of the people.
“Now we are making strides with the inaugural Mega Agro Madani Sales to the interior of Sabah.
“This initiative is in line with the ministry’s role as the main driving force in ensuring that food supplies are always sufficient and available for all Malaysians,” he said in a statement in conjunction with the Mega Agro Madani Sales programme that he launched in Sook yesterday.
Arthur said the Mega Agro Madani Sale was implemented for the first time on a large scale, attracting the involvement of more than 100 traders offering a variety of agro-food products, produced locally in Sabah, at prices 10 to 30 percent cheaper than the market.
With the offer of cheaper prices and a variety of products, he said the ministry expects the programme to record sales of RM250,000 and attract 5,000 visitors, throughout the two-day event, which concluded yesterday.
- Bernama

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