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MP: Govt entering chicken business may crowd out small breeders
Putrajaya risks crowding out small-scale chicken farmers by pushing for two government-linked cooperatives to go into poultry farming, in a bid to boost the country's food security.
When contacted, PKR's spokesperson for agriculture and commodities Sim Tze Tzin said the government may turn the chicken farming industry, which has achieved a self-sufficient level, into a red ocean.
Red ocean is a business term for a crowded marketplace with cut-throat, hence bloody, competition.
Sim, who is in contact with chicken breeders, said...
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