COMMENT | PSM does not wish to undermine or ridicule Agriculture and Food Security Minister Mohamad Sabu, who urged the public to grow their own vegetables. In fact, we agree with the proposal.

We would further stress that students in schools should be taught how to grow vegetables, rather than merely being consumers of them.

The current generation has lived through the Covid-19 pandemic, and given the state of the world, they may face World War 3.

However, PSM is concerned that these calls amount to little more than lip service rather than genuine efforts to address food security.

In recent years...