KOTA BHARU: Several padi-growing areas outside the jurisdiction of the Kemubu Agricultural Development Authority are being upgraded to boost local rice production in Kelantan.

State Agriculture, Agro-based Industry, Biotechnology, Green Technology and Environment Committee chairman Tuan Mohd Saripudin Tuan Ismail said the paid-growing areas included about 121 hectares in Machang, which is being developed for the purpose.