Policy Articles

Sociological Issues and Challenges of Rice Production in Malaysia

Ahmad Zairy Zainol Abidin, Rozhan Abu Dardak
2023.11.14
ABSTRACT Rice is the staple food of Malaysian people. Malaysia produces more than 1.55 million tons of rice yearly, equivalent to 73% of the local requirement. The demand for rice is projected to increase due to the increase in population. However, rice production is decreasing every year. Rice...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Agriculture
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The Recent Global Food Supply Situation and Taiwan's Food Security Policy

Yi-Chieh Chen
2023.11.13
ABSTRACT Taiwan, being an island nation, heavily relies on imports of grains such as soybeans, wheat, and corn to meet its feed and food requirements. Although the total agricultural imports and exports between Taiwan and Russia and Ukraine are extremely low, these two countries are major global...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Food security and safety
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Accelerating Coffee Productivity through Farm, Farmers, and Agribusiness Developments in Indonesia

Effendi Andoko, Iqbal Rafani (late), Rachmat Pambudy
2023.11.10
ABSTRACT Coffee plays an important role in the economic activities of Indonesia.  Even though the country is ranked as the fourth largest coffee exporter in the world after Brazil, Vietnam, and Colombia, the productivity of Indonesian coffee is lower than its potential productivity....
Country: Indonesia Topic: Agribusiness
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Regenerative Agriculture: A Collaborative Policy Discourse of Taiwan and Indonesia

Effendi Andoko, Wan-Yu Liu, Iqbal Rafani (late)
2023.11.10
ABSTRACT Agriculture is entering a transformative era, as the world population grows and demand for agricultural products increases rapidly. Although the Green Revolution has succeeded in feeding the rapidly growing human population, it has also exhausted the earth's soil and biodiversity and...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Eco-friendly agriculture (satoyama and satoumi)
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GDP Growth of the Agricultural Sector and Role of Science and Technology in Vietnam’s Agriculture

Tran Cong Thang, Nguyen Le Hoa
2023.11.09
ABSTRACT Science and Technology is one of the important factors contributing to great performance in Vietnam's agricultural growth. The contribution of science and technology to agricultural growth is assessed through Total Factor Productivity (TFP). The growth accounting method is used in this...
Country: Vietnam Topic: Agricultural science policies
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