Climatic changes and vulnerability of household food utilisation in Malaysian East Coast Economic Region

Purpose: Sustainable food security at the household level is one of the emerging issues for all nations. Several factors such as social, economic, political, demographic, natural, and livelihood strategies cause vulnerability in the status of household food security. This study is an attempt to examine the vulnerability of the factors of household food accessibility and its linkage with the climatic changes in Malaysia.Design/methodology/approach: The study is based on primary data collected in the months of July – October, 2012 through a questionnaire survey on 460 low-income households from the East Coast Economic Region (ECER) in Malaysia. The samples were selected from E-Kasih poor household database, based on the cluster random sampling technique. The questionnaire uses a five-point Likert scale, and the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and ANOVA F statistics for Chi-Square Two Sample Test.Findings: The study finds that the vulnerability of the factors of household food accessibility has increased statistically and significantly over the last five years in Malaysia, whereas the contributions of climatic factors are low on these changes. This study suggests that the food security programs in Malaysia need to be integrated with the climatic change adaptation programs to ensure more effective and sustainable household food security in the future.Originality/value: This study is an original work based on primary data that empirically measures the vulnerability of the factors of household food accessibility, one of the important dimensions of household food security, and its linkage with climatic changes.

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Climatic Changes and Vulnerability of Household Food Utilization in Malaysian East Coast Economic Region

10.31235/osf.io/b5mnr ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Md. Mahmudul Alam ◽

Chamhuri Siwar ◽

Basri Talib ◽

Abu N.M. Wahid

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Low Income ◽

East Coast ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Climatic Changes ◽

Primary Data ◽

Household Food Security ◽

Food Utilization ◽

Economic Region ◽

Household Food

Sustainable food security at household level is one of the emerging issues for all nations. There are several factors such as social, economic, political, demographic, natural, and livelihood strategies that causes to the vulnerability of the status of household food security. Therefore examining the vulnerability of these factors is essential to identify the reason and recognize the most vulnerable communities. This study is an attempt to study on the vulnerability of the factors of household food utilization and its linkage with climatic changes in Malaysia. The study is based on primary data collected in the months of July – October, 2012 through a questionnaire survey on 460 low income households from East Coast Economic Region (ECER) in Malaysia. The samples were selected from E-Kasih poor household database, based on cluster random sampling technique. The study found that the vulnerability of the factors of household food utilization has increased statistically significantly over the last five years period due to difference between rural and city food quality, occurrences of natural disasters, incidences of mosquitoes, insects, pest, etc., and diseases like dengue, malaria, heat stretch, cold, skin disease, etc. This study suggests that the food security programs need to be integrated with climatic change adaptation programs to ensure more effective and sustainable household food security in future, especially among the poor and low income group.

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The impacts of climatic and non-climatic factors on household food security: a study on the poor living in the Malaysian East Coast Economic Region

Asia-Pacific Development Journal ◽

10.18356/23802531-en ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 79-104

Author(s):

Mahmudul Alam ◽

Chamhuri Siwar ◽

Abu N.M. Wahid

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

East Coast ◽

Climatic Factors ◽

Household Food Security ◽

Economic Region ◽

The Poor ◽

Household Food

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Climate change and food security of the Malaysian east coast poor: A Path modeling approach

10.31235/osf.io/sfd3c ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Md. Mahmudul Alam ◽

Basri Talib ◽

Chamhuri Siwar ◽

Abu N.M. Wahid

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

East Coast ◽

Climatic Factors ◽

Climatic Changes ◽

Policy Implications ◽

Household Food Security ◽

Nonparametric Bootstrap ◽

Household Food ◽

Direct And Indirect Impacts ◽

Indirect Impacts

This research aims at examining the direct and indirect impacts of climatic changes as well as the effects of non-climatic factors on household food security in Malaysia. The study is based on primary data collected in the months of July – October, 2012 through a questionnaire survey on 460 low income households from East Coast Economic Region (ECER) of the country. The samples were selected from E-Kasih poor household database, based on cluster random sampling technique. The statistical estimation was done through two-stage formative path measurement model by using nonparametric bootstrap procedure under Smart PLS. This study finds that household food insecurity ECER – Malaysia is not only related to social and economic factors, but also statistically significantly linked to the direct and indirect impacts of climatic factors. The policy implications of the study suggest that design of food security programs must be integrated with climatic change adaptation programs. The government and other relevant agencies should jointly develop appropriate policies for poverty alleviation, household level food security, and adaptation with climatic changes in Malaysia.

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Climate change and food security of the Malaysian east coast poor: a path modeling approach

Journal of Economic Studies ◽

10.1108/jes-10-2014-0169 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 43 (3) ◽

pp. 458-474 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Md. Mahmudul Alam ◽

Basri Abdul Talib ◽

Chamhuri Siwar ◽

Abu N. M. Wahid

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

East Coast ◽

Climatic Factors ◽

Climatic Changes ◽

Policy Implications ◽

Household Food Security ◽

Content Type ◽

Household Food ◽

Direct And Indirect Impacts ◽

Indirect Impacts

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the direct and indirect impacts of climatic changes as well as the effects of non-climatic factors on household food security in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on primary data collected in the months of July – October, 2012 through a questionnaire survey on 460 low-income households from East Coast Economic Region (ECER) of the country. The samples were selected from E-Kasih poor household database, based on cluster random sampling technique. The statistical estimation was done through two-stage formative path measurement model by using non-parametric bootstrap procedure under Smart PLS. Findings – This study finds that household food insecurity ECER – Malaysia is not only related to social and economic factors, but also statistically significantly linked to the direct and indirect impacts of climatic factors. The policy implications of the study suggest that design of food security programs must be integrated with climatic change adaptation programs. Originality/value – The government and other relevant agencies should jointly develop appropriate policies for poverty alleviation, household-level food security, and adaptation with climatic changes in Malaysia.

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Economic Impact to Quality of Life of Agropolitan Participants in Malaysia

Journal of ASIAN Behavioural Studies ◽

10.21834/jabs.v3i8.278 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (8) ◽

pp. 57

Author(s):

Yusof Ahmad ◽

Hamid Saad ◽

Eusoff @Yendo Afgani ◽

Naeemah Yusof

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Developing Countries ◽

Economic Impact ◽

East Coast ◽

Field Survey ◽

Economic Region ◽

Absolute Poverty ◽

Government Program ◽

Keywords Quality Of Life

Quality of Life (QOL) issues have increasingly been the area of attention in cities of newly developing countries including Malaysia. To improve QOL for people of absolute poverty in Malaysia, the Malaysian government have carried out a program known as Agropolitan in the East Coast Economic Region. The three Agropolitan project locations selected for this study are Batu 8 Lepar and Runchang in Pekan, Pahang and Gua Musang in Kelantan. This study carried out a field survey on 254 samples to investigate their experiences throughout the project. This study found that Agropolitan project had remarkably improved the QOL of participants Keywords: quality of life; agropolitan; absolute poverty; government program https://doi.org/10.21834/jabs.v3i8.278

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INFLUENCE OF LIVELIHOODS ON HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY IN PASTORAL AREAS OF NAROK COUNTY, KENYA

International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH ◽

10.29121/granthaalayah.v7.i9.2019.618 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (9) ◽

pp. 351-381

Author(s):

Timothy Kileteny ◽

Jacob. W. Wakhungu

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Food Security ◽

Formal Education ◽

Extended Family ◽

Economic Capital ◽

Food Storage ◽

Household Food Security ◽

Sample Population ◽

Household Food ◽

Food Utilisation

Food security and household livelihoods are tied together in an intricate relationship through the former’s dimensions (availability, accessibility, utilisation, stability) and the latter’s elements (Human, Social and Economic Capital). The problem identified by the study was a lack of information regarding the exact way in which the livelihoods of pastoralists in Narok County influence their food security. The study employed descriptive and correlation research designs. Data was primarily collected using questionnaires administered to a sample population of 385, FGD, observation and KII. The objectives established that household food accessibility was largely influenced by economic capital (or the lack thereof); there was a general lack of money to buy food and or produce own food, against a backdrop of, slow onset drought disaster(four year long drought periods in the last 20years) unfavorable livestock prices, and physical access in pastoralist undeveloped land was hampered by poor road communication links. The low education levels (63.8% were found to have never attained any formal education) implied limited economic opportunities for the household. Thirdly it was found that household food utilisation,(operationalised in the study as being access to potable water, latrine use uptake and household food storage practices) was influenced largely by social capital; based on the food module and other indicators of food utilisation as defined by the study, it was seen that the mean percentage status of food utilisation in Narok County stood at 49%.The study concluded that livelihoods have a strong influence on food security, primarily through the social capital (traditional practices, extended family networks and support from formal institutions). The study findings will help enhance policy implementation, in areas of vulnerability to food insecurity for pastoralist households.

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