Competitiveness of the Mushroom Industry in Malaysia

Mohd Zaffrie Mat Amin, Azahar bin Harun
INTRODUCTION Mushrooms have been identified as one of the high-value commodities under Malaysia's National Agro-Food Policy (2011-2020). The development of the mushroom industry has been intensified in the agriculture transformation program which focuses on further development through area...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Agriculture
24,603
601

Agricultural Direct Payment Policy in Taiwan

Chen-Te Huang
Current policies related to Direct Payment The Direct Payments in Taiwan are basically complied with the norm in Annex 2 of the Agreement on Agriculture of WTO. The types of direct payment are quite diverse including income direct payment, payments under environment programs, structural...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Overview
3,572

Miracle Project to Promote Rice Consumption for Young Generation

Jeong-bin Im
On July 20, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) announced that it is working on a project called ‘Mi (meaning ‘rice’ in Chinese Character)racle Project’ as a part of the project to increase rice consumption. MAFRA with famous chefs developed 7 types of desserts made from...
Country: Korea Topic: Agribusiness
3,736
206

Managing Food Insecurity Risks in Indonesia

Tahlim Sudaryanto
Introduction Many recent concerns about food security focus on unpredictable but shorter-lived threats to current food security levels such as price shocks and natural disasters. Unlike chronic food insecurity, transitory food insecurity occurs because of a temporary decline in household access...
Country: Indonesia Topic: Food security and safety
9,956
207

Strategies to Strengthen Livestock Industry in Malaysia

Fadhilah Annaim Huda Hashim
  Introduction Livestock is a very important industry as it supplies the largest source of protein for Malaysian population. The ex-farm value for this industry was RM14.1 billion in 2013, of which 76% were contributed by poultry meat. In general, the livestock production is still...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Agriculture
26,574
496

Pages