Measuring the Small Scale Fishermen’s Adaptation Ability based on their Practices: The Case of Peninsular Malaysia

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mas Ernawati Hamdan ◽  
Asnarulkhadi Abu Samah ◽  
Khairuddin Idris ◽  
Bahaman Abu Samah
Keyword(s):  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Adaptation Ability

An Overview of Illegal Logging Situation in Peninsular Malaysia

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-30
Author(s):  
Iqtie Qamar Laila Mohd Gani ◽  
Razak Wahab ◽  
Mohd Sukhairi Mat Rasat
Keyword(s):  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Illegal Logging ◽  
Tropical Timber ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Food And Agriculture Organization ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Relationship

The trends of illegal logging and current situation of illegal logging in Peninsular Malaysia were studies. Data and information from year 2001 to 2010 on volume of log productions (m3) and volume of illegal log productions were collected from the government and private sectors such as the Forestry Department Peninsular Malaysia (FDPM), International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The data obtained were statistically analyzed using the correlation analysis to determine the direction and the strength of the relationship between log productions and illegal log productions. The results showed that the trends of illegal logging are on the increased. Eighteen percents (18%) of the logs cut annually are obtained from illegal operation. The log productions and illegal log productions resulted have a weak negative relationship as r = -0.271, p = 0.603 and do not significantly related. The illegal log productions are inversely related with the log productions. It can be concluded that the log productions in Peninsular Malaysia occurred in a small scale and the situation is under control. Proper long-term planning needs to be generated and implemented to prevent the problem from becoming worse.

Poverty among the small-scale plantation holders

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 230-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Khaled Saifullah ◽  
Fatimah Binti Kari ◽  
Azmah Othman
Keyword(s):  
Discriminant Analysis ◽  
Natural Rubber ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Palm Oil ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Rubber Plantation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Significant Difference

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the socio-economic condition of indigenous households involved in the production of palm oil and natural rubber in Peninsular Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach Discriminant analysis is used in this study. Findings This study finds that 49.70 percent of natural rubber plantation owners and 37.3 percent of the palm oil plantation owners live under the national poverty line. Discriminant analysis shows that natural rubber plantation size has a significant difference between income below the poverty line and above the poverty line. But palm oil plantation size is not significantly different between income below and above the poverty line, mainly because small-scale palm oil farms receive help from the government and other agencies. This study also finds that the majority of indigenous people do not have ownership rights to their land. Practical implications This study suggests that small-scale plantation holders should be provided with training to upgrade their skills to increase productivity. Furthermore, finding an appropriate land ownership model helps to understand the fundamental issue of poverty among the small-scale plantation holder of indigenous people in Peninsular Malaysia. Originality/value Primary data are used in this study. The results show different scenarios than the existing studies.

scholarly journals Agrobotanical Analysis of Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Equilibrium Populations Suitable for Regional Land Cultivation

2003 ◽  
pp. 148-152
Author(s):  
István Már ◽  
Attila Juhász
Keyword(s):  
Potential Role ◽  
Plant Genetic Resources ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Agricultural System ◽  
General Chemical ◽  
Land Cultivation ◽  
Original Region ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Adaptation Ability ◽  
Regional Land

The local bean landraces maintained at small-scale farming level should have importance as complementary source for completion of plant genetic resources with potential role in local land cultivation. Also, they should be used as primary material in breeding activities targeted on improving the foodstuffs quality. In the research were used especially landraces collected in Nyírség, Körös-mellék and Tápióvidék region. Our main objective was to reveal the relationship between the adaptation ability of landraces and the distance from their original collecting place. For that reason the location of the experimental plots was choosen by taking into account that they must be checked in each region, on it’s original region and similarly in other two different regions. On the base of the recorded agro-morphological traits we can get answers on the shaping of adaptation ability, and in the same time by a general chemical characterisation we should know more about the variation of qualitative parameters with a potential economical role. In the designing of experiment a main importance had the conditions where the research is taking place. All activities related to the maintenance of experiment were done in frame of a low input agricultural system to emphasize as much as possible the natural endowments of regeneration places.

scholarly journals Getting to the bottom of bycatch: a GIS-based toolbox to assess the risk of marine mammal bycatch

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 37-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Hines ◽  
LS Ponnampalam ◽  
C Junchompoo ◽  
C Peter ◽  
L Vu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Marine Mammal ◽  
Marine Mammals ◽  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Official Journal ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Irrawaddy Dolphin

Marine mammal bycatch poses a particular challenge in developing countries, where data to document bycatch and its effects are often lacking. Using the Bycatch Risk Assessment (ByRA) toolkit, based on InVEST open-source models, we chose 4 field sites in Southeast Asia with varying amounts of data on marine mammals and fishing occurrence: Trat province in the eastern Gulf of Thailand, the Sibu-Tinggi Islands and Kuching Bay, Malaysia, and Kien Giang Biosphere Reserve in southwestern Vietnam. These field sites have similar species of coastal marine mammals, small-scale and commercial fisheries, and support for research from universities and/or management. In Thailand and Kuching, results showed changing patterns of fishing and Irrawaddy dolphin Orcaella brevirostris habitat use across seasons, showing how bycatch risk could change throughout the year. Risk maps for dugongs Dugong dugon in peninsular Malaysia highlighted patterns of bycatch risk concentrated around a mainland fishing pier, and revealed high risk in a northern subregion. In Vietnam, first maps of bycatch risk for the Irrawaddy dolphin showed the highest risk driven by intensive use of gillnets and trawling gear. ByRA pinpointed areas of spatial and seasonal bycatch exposure, and estimated the consequence of bycatch on local species, providing managers with critical information on where to focus bycatch mitigation and meet new global standards for US Marine Mammal Protection Act and other international regulation (e.g. Official Journal of the European Union 2019; Regulation 2019/1241) compliance. The toolbox, a transferable open-source tool, can be used to guide fisheries management, marine mammal conservation, spatial planning, and further research.

scholarly journals Measurement of Negative Lightning Return Strokes Using a Proposed Small-Scale Parallel Plate Antenna at the Central Region in Peninsular Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 2107 (1) ◽  
pp. 012016
Author(s):  
F Abdul Haris ◽  
M Z A Ab Kadir ◽  
S Sudin ◽  
D Johari ◽  
M N Hamzah
Keyword(s):  
Electric Fields ◽  
Parallel Plate ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Lightning Strike ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Physical Height ◽  
College Of Engineering ◽  
Plate Antenna ◽  
The Comparative Study

Abstract Lightning can occur between the clouds (intra-clouds), ground-to-cloud (CG), and inside the clouds. The lightning strike hazards can be managed appropriately using a lightning detector system consisting of an antenna, buffer amplifier circuit, and a measurement device. In this study, the development and fabrication of small-scale parallel plate antenna were carried out by reducing the physical height and antenna dimension to measure the generated electric fields. The experimental work was conducted at the rooftop of the College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), Selangor, Malaysia, from August 2019 to March 2020. The total number of 115 return strokes (RS) of negative lightning events were recorded during the measurement period. Characterization of seven types of criteria for negative return stroke has been analysed and compared to the existing parallel plate antenna with a similar climate condition and different countries. Based on the comparative study, the proposed and the existing parallel plate antenna shows a good agreement. Hence, the proposed small-scale parallel plate antenna can be used as a portable, lightweight, and easy to install device for the lightning measurement system.

scholarly journals Haplotype Analysis and Phylogeny of Oryzaephilus surinamensis Populations from Four Regions in Peninsular Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed Ahmad Syarifah-Zulaikha ◽  
Madihah Halim ◽  
Ameyra Zuki Aman ◽  
Salmah Yaakop
Keyword(s):  
Haplotype Diversity ◽  
Haplotype Network ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Pest Species ◽  
Oryzaephilus Surinamensis ◽  
Storage Losses ◽  
Similar Haplotype ◽  
Coi Sequences ◽  
Haplotype 1

The sawtoothed grain beetle, Oryzaephilus surinamensis, is a secondary pest that damages rice products and other stored grains. Analysis based on the cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) sequences data, the number of haplotypes (Hap) (n), haplotype diversity (Hd), haplotype network, genetic distance, and phylogeny between O. surinamensis populations from four regions (small-scale), viz. the northern area (Seberang Perai), middle area (Klang), southern area (Pasir Gudang), and east coast (Kuantan) of Peninsular Malaysia, as model sampling locations, were obtained. A total of five haplotypes were detected in all the test populations, two shared (Haplotype 1 and Haplotype 3) and three unique haplotypes (Haplotype 2, Haplotype 4, and Haplotype 5) with haplotype diversity value, Hd = 0.6789 were recorded. Furthermore, the neighbour-joining (NJ), maximum parsimony (MP), and Bayesian inference (BI) trees showed a mixture of individuals from all regions in Peninsular Malaysia (Haplotype 1 to Haplotype 4), except Haplotype 5, which was grouped with foreign populations that inherited similar haplotype with those of the European samples. This study assumed a mixture of populations presumably due to human activities and related explicitly to the exportation and importation of rice products across regions. This information is vital for strategising the control management of this pest species to reduce rice storage losses.

scholarly journals Subsidies in the Fisheries Sector of Malaysia: Impact on Resource Sustainability

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-85
Author(s):  
Wen Chiat Lee ◽  
K. Kuperan Viswanathan
Keyword(s):  
Resource Depletion ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Resource Sustainability ◽  
Fisheries Sustainability ◽  
Fisheries Subsidies

Subsidies are a form of support provided to consumers and producers by government to enhance the welfare.  Fishers in Malaysia receive various type of subsidies. Fisheries subsidies however are a challenge because it can work against fishers’ welfare if the fisheries subsidies lead to over fishing and resource depletion.  In this paper, we explore the impacts of fisheries subsidies on small-scale fishers in Malaysia and suggest ways to improve the subsidies scheme so that the twin roles of improving fishers’ welfare and fisheries sustainability are achieved. Data on fisheries subsidies and fisheries production in Peninsular Malaysia is used in this study.

scholarly journals Medicinal and Environmental Indicator Species ofUtriculariafrom Montane Forest of Peninsular Malaysia

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Noorma Wati Haron ◽  
Ming Yee Chew
Keyword(s):  
Indicator Species ◽  
Narrow Range ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Montane Forest ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Low Ph ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Environmental Indicator ◽  
Forest Edges ◽  
Pristine Forest

The carnivorousUtricularia(Lentibulariaceae) is a small herb of multifarious wet habitats worldwide. Eleven of the 14 Peninsular Malaysian species range into the mountains. Distribution, disturbance adaptability and collection frequency were used to formulate their commonness category. Common (U. aurea,U. bifida, andU. minutissima) and fairly common (U. gibbaandU. uliginosa) species are mostly lowland plants that ascend to open montane microhabitats, while the fairly common (U. striatula), narrow-range (U. caeruleapink form andU. involvens), rare (U. furcellataandU. scandens), and endemic (U. vitellina) species are restricted to mountainous sites. Common species that colonise dystrophic to oligotrophic man-made sites in late succession could serve as predictors for general health and recovery of wet habitats. Rarer species are often locally abundant, their niches situated around pristine forest edges. When in decline, they indicate the beginning of problems affecting the forest.Utriculariais reportedly nutritious, mildly astringent, and diuretic. Preadapted to nutrient-poor, waterlogged soils,U. bifidais suitable as an alternative for small-scale herb cultivation on low pH, wet poor soils usually deemed not suitable for any crops.

Economic Impacts of Artificial Reefs on Small-Scale Fishers in Peninsular Malaysia

Human Ecology ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 989-998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gazi Md Nurul Islam ◽  
Kusairi Mohd Noh ◽  
Shaufique Fahmi Sidique ◽  
Aswani Farhana Mohd Noh ◽  
Ahmad Ali
Keyword(s):  
Economic Impacts ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Artificial Reefs ◽  
Small Scale

scholarly journals Estimating the Economic Loss Due to Vibriosis in Net-Cage Cultured Asian Seabass (Lates calcarifer): Evidence From the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siti Hajar Mohd Yazid ◽  
Hassan Mohd Daud ◽  
Mohammad Noor Amal Azmai ◽  
Nurliyana Mohamad ◽  
Norhariani Mohd Nor
Keyword(s):  
Stochastic Model ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Economic Loss ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Total Production ◽  
Asian Seabass ◽  
Net Cage ◽  
The Cost

This study aims to estimate the economic loss due to vibriosis in the production of Asian seabass in floating net-cages on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Asian seabass has contributed significantly to Malaysia's economic activities and food security. However, its production can be hindered by the occurrence of diseases, such as vibriosis, causing severe economic losses to farmers. A questionnaire-based survey was conducted on 14 small-scale monoculture Asian seabass net-cage farms. Using a stochastic bioeconomic model and inputs from the survey, existing literature, and expert opinion, the economic losses were determined. Moreover, this model considered the prevalence of Vibrio spp. at a farm on the east coast and the risk posed by its infection from hatcheries. The results showed that 71.09% of Asian seabass simulated in the stochastic model survived. The mortality rate due to vibriosis and other causes was at 16.23 and 12.68%, respectively. The risk posed by Vibrio spp. infection from hatcheries contributed to 2.77% of the increase in Asian seabass mortality. The stochastic model estimated that the total cost of producing a tail of Asian seabass was €2.69 per kilogram. The economic loss of vibriosis was estimated at €0.19 per tail per kilogram, which represents 7.06% of the total production cost of Asian seabass per kilogram. An increase in the prevalence of clinical vibriosis and vibriosis case fatality rate at 42 and 100%, respectively, will lead to an increase in the cost of grow-out Asian seabass by €0.29 per tail from the default value. An increase in pellet price per kilogram by €1.38 and feed conversion ratio pellet by 0.96 will consequently increase the cost of grow-out Asian seabass by €2.29 per tail and €0.82 per tail, respectively. We find that the occurrence of Vibrio spp. infection at the hatchery level can contribute to an increased risk in the mortality of Asian seabass during the grow-out phase. Hence, we also need to focus on the control and prevention of vibriosis infection from hatcheries.

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