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The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has approved RM850,000 in funding to develop water infrastructure across KADA rice-growing regions, targeting a 95% cultivation rate this season.
Water availability has improved across MADA's irrigation network thanks to cloud seeding and catchment rainfall. The authority expects padi planting to commence after Hari Raya Aidiladha, pending continued favourable conditions.