Paddy farmers seek assistance

KUCHING: Most paddy farmers are suffering losses due to the current flood situations in the state. Floodwaters have inundated their paddy fields leaving them in ruins. As such these affected farmers have appealed to the government for assistance as help to cope up with their losses incurred in the flooded paddy fields. The non-stop rains have […]

Kota Belud ‘rice bowl’ suffers RM29m in losses

KOTA BELUD: Kota Belud, the ‘rice bowl’ of Sabah, is looking at RM29 million in losses, when nearly 7,000 hectares of paddy fields have been severely damaged by floods that hit the district following heavy rainfall on last Saturday. Kota Belud Integrated Agricultural Development Area (IADA) director Salmah Labulla said that the estimated losses were […]