Issues and Challenges Facing Rice Production and Food Security in the Granary Areas in the East Coast Economic Region (ECER), Malaysia

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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Food Security and Low-Income Households in the Malaysian East Coast Economic Region: An Empirical Analysis

10.31235/osf.io/uazj2 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Md. Mahmudul Alam ◽

Chamhuri Siwar ◽

Abu N.M. Wahid ◽

Basri Talib

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Low Income ◽

East Coast ◽

Sample Survey ◽

Primary Data ◽

Household Food Security ◽

Vision 2020 ◽

Economic Region ◽

Mitigation And Adaptation ◽

Low Income Households

This research aims at analyzing the level of food security among some selected poor and low-income households in Malaysia. The study area is located in the East Coast Economic Region of the country. It uses primary data collected during the July-October months of 2012 and 460 sample families were chosen from the E-Kasih poor households database based on cluster random sampling technique. In this sample survey, households’ food security has been measured by the USAID-HFIA model. The findings of the study indicate that 52.8% of the households are food secure, that of 23.3% are mildly food insecure, 14.3% are moderately food insecure, and 9.6% are severely food insecure. The findings on the current situation of household food security among different economic groups is very important for the policy makers to achieve Vision 2020 and the targets of Malaysian National Plans regarding food security, socioeconomic development and poverty alleviation. In order to ensure food security in Malaysia, especial focuses are needed for those who are severely food insecured and those who are food insecured but marginally above the poverty line. Here the involvement of private sector and community based organizations are also important to combat the short run, seasonal, and event related risk of food insecurity as well as for the development of appropriate mitigation and adaptation options to ensure sustainable food security at household level in Malaysia.

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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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Sustainable rice production in Myanmar impacts on food security and livelihood changes

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability ◽

10.1080/14735903.2021.1918471 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-15

Author(s):

Melanie Connor ◽

Reianne Quilloy ◽

Annalyn H. de Guia ◽

Grant Singleton

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Rice Production

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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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