Malaysia

The Development of Agro-based SMEs through Technology Transfer from Government Research Institution

Rozhan Abu Dardak
Introduction Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play significant contribution to the economic development of Malaysia. They represent 97.3% of the total 645,136 business entities in Malaysia, provide 65% of job opportunities for the people, contribute around 19% of the total export value and 35...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Agricultural science policies
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Ensuring Food Safety In Malaysia through Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standard (SPS) Measures

Nik Rozana Nik Mohamad Masdek
Introduction Globalization and trade liberalization has opened up market access for food around the world. However, one of the concerns is on how do importing countries protect their people from risks of diseases, chemical hazard and contimination derived from food that  indirectly come...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Food security and safety
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Malaysian Agricultural Qualty Standards

Mohd Rashid Rabu, Nik Rozana Nik Mohamad Masdek, Mohd Dainori Md Shah
INTRODUCTION Consumers are demanding healthy, nutritious and safe food and agricultural products. The demand has increased both in the domestic and export markets. This is a result of the rampant food scandals, which occur from time to time.. Examples of said scandals include the, pathogenic...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Food security and safety
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The Functional Food Industry in Malaysia

Nor Amana A'liah Mohammad Nor
INTRODUCITON Demand toward functional foods is increasing in line with the changing lifestyle of Malaysians who began to take care of their physical health. Modern lifestyle and rapid growth of the fast food service industry have led the changes in the eating habits of Malaysia's people and...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Agriculture
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An Overview of Developments and Prospects for E-Commerce Agrifood Products in Malaysia

Amira Ngusman, Suhana Safari
Introduction Application of electronic communications and multimedia (C&M) is gaining popular. It opens new opportunities for businesses, market and supply chain actors as a whole to enhance their operations. Many terms are used in literature to describe activities of Internet Technology...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Agricultural marketing policy
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