Farmers urge developer to postpone project, lease land instead

A group of Perak farmers are appealing to land developer LBS Group to put a housing project on 250 acres of food-producing land in Changkat Kinding on hold, amid a food crisis in Malaysia.

Instead, the 38 farmers hope the conglomerate could lease the land to them instead as a corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative.

Seven representatives of the farmers...