The workforce of the Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority (RISDA) which produces innovative and creative products must ensure that their products benefit smallholders.
Minister of Rural and Regional Development Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the products should also be affordable for smallholders.
?The products are not only potential (innovation) award winners but can also benefit smallholders, ensuring that it is fully utilised,? he said in a press conference after launching RISDA’s Innovation and Quality Award Day, here today.
Ismail Sabri stressed the importance of instilling a culture of innovative invention and creative thinking which provides added value to departments and government agencies, ensuring that Malaysia is not left behind.