KUALA LUMPUR: The agriculture and agro-based industry ministry is committed to further developing the National Feedlot Centre (NFC) in a responsible manner.
Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Salahuddin Ayub said currently the centre has 72 satellite farms with 7,000 head of cattle.
The ministry, through the NFC, is also encouraging cattle rearing in oil palm estates owned by big companies, covering a total area of 1.4 million hectares, he told the Dewan Rakyat sitting today.
He was replying to a supplementary question from Nurul Izzah Anwar (PH-Permatang Pauh) on the rationale in continuing with the project.
The government may give tax cuts to achieve the target of 30% local meat supply, he added.
In conjunction with Hari Raya Aidiladha next month, Salahuddin said 50,125 head of cattle, 12,158 of them imported, would be supplied.