Price Stabilization Policy on Staple Food in Indonesia

Tahlim Sudaryanto
INTRODUCTION Food price stability is one of major elements on food security policy.  From the consumer side high food price provides undesirable impact to consumer access to sufficient and quality diet. Accelerated food prices also increase the number of households who are below the poverty...
Country: Indonesia Topic: Agriculture
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Hundred Young Farmers Program by the Council of Agriculture

I Han, Min-Hsien Yang
Source: Council of Agriculture (COA) In 2013, the Council of Agriculture (COA) started a program to select potential young farmers around Taiwan. The program aims to help young farmers for at least two years and resolve problems in land, capital and skill by an integrative industry-academia-...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural human resources development
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Feeding Malaysia’s Growing Population with Climate Smart Agriculture

Chubashini Suntharalingam
Growing food to feed the population becomes a challenge due to erratic weather and climatic patterns. Temperature increase and changes in rainfall pattern hasten the spread of pests and diseases which ultimately affect crop yields. The intensity of climate change which causes an impact on our...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Food security and safety
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Diversity of Stingless Bees in Malaysia

Mohd Hafizudin Zakaria, Rosliza Jajuli
Malaysia is known as one of the world’s mega biodiversity countries. One of the indicators of the high biodiversity in Malaysia is the pollinator species. Previous reports showed that a total of 29 stingless bee species was recorded in Peninsula Malaysia and out of this, 17 species were known to...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Eco-friendly agriculture (satoyama and satoumi)
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BIOichar: Biochar-Based Organic Fertilizer

Ilani Zuraihah Ibrahim, Nor Fadhilah Abdul Halim, Theeba Manickam
In general, organic fertilizers have low nutrient content. Solid organic fertilizers such as compost and manures have slow release rates, requiring soil microorganism to break down the materials into chemical forms that plants can use. Approximately only half or less of the nutrients are released...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Agriculture
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