He said the measures included development and planting of padi varieties that are resistant to floods or droughts and development of padi seed varieties that thrive in salt water in the event of sea water flooding padi fields.
"Fourth, enhancing padi cultivation methods based on the guideline for managing padi cultivation according to target,” he said during a question-and-answer session in the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday . Ronald said this when answering a question from Ahmad Tarmizi Sulaiman , who asked what steps the government had taken to tackle climate change, which has impacted the country's agriculture industry.
"In the five-year period from 2017 to 2021, a total of 40,828 hectares of padi crops were destroyed by floods in Peninsular Malaysia and 9,336 hectares damaged by drought,” he added.
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