Pig farmers have to get with the programme by 2018 or risk having their businesses shut down.
At the Parliament today, Deputy Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Minister Datuk Tajuddin Abdul Rahman warned that all farms have to comply with modern pig farming standards within the next three years, The Star Online’s Yuen Meikeng reports.
According to Tajuddin, farmers have been given enough time to comply with these standards — ones that require the vicinities to be enclosed and harmless to the environment.
“I hope politicians from both sides of the divide will not give excuses for pig farmers who still do not comply by three years from now,” he was quoted as saying adding that farmers are encouraged to work together to build the facilities necessary for modern pig farming.
“”It is good business and we encourage pig farmers to carry on with it. In Malaysia, we respect each other despite our different beliefs,” he was quoted further.
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