Rice stock can last five months

There is sufficient rice supply to cover the country’s domestic needs for the next four to five months, said Agriculture and Food Security Minister Mohamad Sabu.

He said this was based on the rice stock recorded until Oct 3, which was 820,482 tonnes, comprising 250,000 tonnes of government stockpile and 570,482 tonnes of commercial stock.

According to him, as of Oct 7…