27th March, 2012
KOTA KINABALU: Deputy Chief Minister-cum-Minister of Agriculture & Food Industry Datuk Seri Yahya Hussin told the State Assembly here that a total of 7,202 youths have benefited from the 1Azam programme which had started since 2010.
Replying to the Sulabayan Assemblyman Datuk Haji Harman Haji Mohammad yesterday, he said an allocation of RM72,174,496.52 had been utilised up to now and the ministry expects another 7,000 participants will gain from this programme for this year with the total cost of RM71 million.
Harman wanted to know how many youths in the State had benefited from the 1Azam programme which is aimed to reduce the poverty rate among the poor and the allocation provided for the purpose.
To another question by Datuk Haji Zakaria Haji Mohd Edris, Yahya said for the year 2012, his ministry has allocated an allocation ofRM71 million to conduct similar like those being implemented last year.
“In addition, the implementing agencies under my ministry are also providing assistance to help improve their earnings such as the Chili and Tomato Planting Fertigation Assistance, Business Loan Assistance, Agricultural Equipment Assistance, Poultry Rearing Assistance and the Fisheries Equipment Assistance,” he said.
According to him, up to this year, the ministry and all implementing agencies are conducting the impact study on the effectiveness of the programmes and a complete detailed report is expected by April 2012.
However, he said his ministry had received feedbacks and some 274 youths had improved in their monthly earnings to RM1,050 after going through the business activity or employment.
There is some participant from the Tuaran Agriculture Department programmes who managed to earn RM9,000 a month.
The ministry’s target is at least 10 per cent or 1,250 youths out of the total 12,500 e-kasih participants to be taken out of the poor income bracket.
Source: New Sabah Times
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