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The present and past Kedah state administrations had been subjected to federal policies on land use which led to high poverty rates, said Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor.
In an interview with English-daily The Star, Sanusi (above) pointed to Kedah's status as one of Malaysia's rice bowls, aside from swathes of gazetted forest cover.
"We have a lot of land but we were ‘instructed’ to cultivate paddy. Paddy is the cheapest crop but also the most important crop.
"The land tax for paddy fields is the lowest. About 130,000 hectares are set aside for paddy cultivation alone," said Sanusi.
In an interview with English-daily The Star, Sanusi (above) pointed to Kedah's status as one of Malaysia's rice bowls, aside from swathes of gazetted forest cover.
"We have a lot of land but we were ‘instructed’ to cultivate paddy. Paddy is the cheapest crop but also the most important crop.
"The land tax for paddy fields is the lowest. About 130,000 hectares are set aside for paddy cultivation alone," said Sanusi.
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