Potatoes: The Fourth Staple Food of China

Siyu Chen, Zhen Zhong
Introduction As known to us, potatoes are vegetables. However, potatoes can also fill our belly without other foods. Hence, more and more people see potatoes as one kind of food. In response to this trend, China recently planned to launch a potato staple strategy so that the crop could become the...
Country: China Topic: Food security and safety
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China’s De-stocking Strategy for Grains – taking Corn as the Example

Shansong Gu, Zhen Zhong
Introduction China's economy has entered into an era of “New Normal”. The supply-side structural reform was proposed to cut excessive industrial capacity, destock, de-leverage, lower corporate costs and improve weak links. And the 2016 Central Rural Work Conference confirmed that...
Country: China Topic: Agricultural marketing policy
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The Role of Institutional Support in Malaysia's Paddy and Rice Industry

Rosnani Harun
Introduction Rice is still the number one Malaysian staple food, though the consumption of rice per capita showed a decreasing trend from 93 kg per capita in 2011 to 88.9kg per capita in 2014. This scenario might be due to people’s change of lifestyles, tastes and preferences, especially...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Agriculture
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Rice Varietal Development For Food Sovereignty: a case of MARDI

Asfaliza Ramli
Varietal development has been a mandate of MARDI since the 1970s and until today a total of 44 varieties have been released for planting in the granary areas. The breeding objectives varied in accordance to the needs of the different era. In the 1970s Malaysia started to implement the double-...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Food security and safety
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Postharvest Management of Rice for Sustainable Food Security In Malaysia

Asnawi Shahar, Azahar bin Harun, Mohd Taufik Ahmad, Rosniyana Ahmad, Yahya Sahari
Introduction Postharvest losses (PHL) of paddy can be defined as losses that occur due to spills, human negligence and incompetence during postharvest handling operations. Losses include improper machine settings during combined harvesting, mishandling during transportation inefficient...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Food security and safety
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