PADANG BESAR, Nov 11 (Bernama) – Sixteen aquaculture operators in Perlis have received RM300,000 in assistance from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (KPKM) to increase production capacity and strengthen the state's aquaculture industry.
16 Perlis Aquaculture Operators Receive RM300,000 In Assistance
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- State Agriculture, Health, Entrepreneurship and Cooperatives, and Environment Committee chairman Megat Hashirat Hassan said the assistance, provided under the 2026 National Agri-Food Empowerment Programme (PPAN), comprised fish fry, fish feed and aquaculture equipment.
- "Besides boosting aquaculture productivity, the assistance also creates opportunities for operators to increase their income through processing and the production of downstream products," he said at the handover ceremony in Batu Bertangkup near here today.
- Another recipient, Wong Boon Beng, 61, from Kuala Perlis, said the assistance could help expand his fish farming capacity and operational area.
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