KUALA LUMPUR: Sarawak has reached a new milestone as the state plans to export its own pineapple variety, SG-1 or Sarawak Gold-1, to China and Singapore starting next year, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.
Deputy Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup said this achievement demonstrates Sarawak’s capability to develop premium tropical fruit varieties that can compete in international markets.
The achievement also demonstrates that no state or region is left out by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and the federal government in implementing programmes or projects related to the national food security sector.
“Sarawak has several notable achievements. For example, next year it will export its own pineapple variety, SG-1, for the first time to China and Singapore,” he said during a question-and-answer session at the Dewan Rakyat today.
He was responding to a supplementary question from Kalam Salan (PN-Sabak Bernam) regarding claims that Sarawak had been marginalised in food security projects and the ministry’s targets for boosting local food production. – Bernama
