{
  "id": 6101862,
  "title": "National farmers’ group cleans house, shuts nine subsidiaries as scrutiny grows over Malaysian farm support",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/national-farmers-group-cleans-house-shuts-nine-subsidiaries-as",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-07T04:09:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/09/07/national-farmers-group-cleans-house-shuts-nine-subsidiaries-as-scrutiny-grows-over-malaysian-farm-support/234251"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 — In response to financial losses and delays in subsidised fertiliser supplies, Malaysia's national farmers’ organisation, Pertubuhan Peladang Kebangsaan (Nafas), is undergoing a major restructuring. The organisation, which supports agricultural cooperatives and distributes farm inputs, will shut nine of its 16 subsidiaries. Nafas’ core business, accounting for more than 95 per cent of its revenue, is agricultural inputs, including the distribution of fertilisers and other farm supplies. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission is investigating delays in supplementary compound fertiliser delivery affecting about 38,000 paddy farmers in Kedah’s Muda Agricultural Development Authority area. However, Nafas is not implicated in the investigation. Nafas general manager Muhammad Faris Arriffin revealed that the restructuring was prompted by the financial position inherited when the current management took over in March 2023, which included net losses and debts exceeding RM400 million in the 2022 financial year. Nafas will focus on its core agricultural-input business, worth up to RM2 billion annually in government contracts, with four subsidiaries involved in fertiliser, pesticides, and other agricultural inputs, and two in the palm oil industry.",
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 — As Malaysia’s paddy farmers grapple with delays in subsidised fertiliser supplies, on...",
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        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "National farmers’ group cleans house, shuts nine subsidiaries as scrutiny grows over Malaysian farm support",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/national-farmers-group-cleans-house-shuts-nine-subsidiaries-as-6102854",
        "published": "2026-09-07T04:09:20.000Z"
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