Mengulas lanjut, Anfaal berkata sebahagian besar ibu di negeri ini terpaksa memilih antara menjaga anak ataupun bekerja disebabkan kos penjagaan di pasaran adalah tinggi.

“We will also help market Sitham entrepreneur products internationally to increase their income. We are targeting two types of products; textiles, and food and beverages using retort technology,” he said.

Beliau berkata, sebanyak 6,346 Jualan Agro Madani diadakan sejak April tahun lepas dengan nilai jualan kini mencecah RM113 juta dan memanfaatkan hampir 2.89 juta isi rumah.

The Bukit Gantang Member of Parliament said between Feb 19 and March 1 rice industry players can make adjustments and sell rice in old packaging until all wholesalers' stocks are sold out.

The manufacturing sector attracted RM16.96 billion, with the electronics and electrical (E&E) being the largest sub-sector, followed by fabricated metal products, plastic products, machinery and equipment, and food.