KLUANG, June 17 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) is actively conducting research in an effort to produce more coffee variants to meet demand following the shortage of local coffee beans. Deputy Agriculture and Food Security Minister, Chan Foong Hin said the shortage can now be considered critical because local coffee production only meets about three per cent of domestic demand. He said the country's coffee production at the global level is only at a rate of 0.

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