Dr. Syahrin Suhaimee is currently Deputy Director at Socio-economic, Market Intelligence, and Agribusiness Research Centre. He received his PhD in Development Economics from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, and M.Sc. from University of Minnesota, USA.
He leads the Sociology Program to conduct sociological studies focusing on the agricultural and food industry. His research areas include household income gap, farm economics, rice supply chain, and social capital. He is involved in research studies with United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and COMCEC.
He serves an editorial board for Economic and Technology Management Review, and a technical committee for Socio-economic Studies in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Malaysia.
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Socio-Economy, Market Intelligence, and Agribusiness Research Centre, Malaysia
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...
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-...
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...
Syahrin Suhaimee
Dr. Syahrin Suhaimee is currently Deputy Director at Socio-economic, Market Intelligence, and Agribusiness Research Centre. He received his PhD in Development Economics from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, and M.Sc. from University of Minnesota, USA.
He leads the Sociology Program to conduct sociological studies focusing on the agricultural and food industry. His research areas include household income gap, farm economics, rice supply chain, and social capital. He is involved in research studies with United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and COMCEC.
He serves an editorial board for Economic and Technology Management Review, and a technical committee for Socio-economic Studies in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Malaysia.
Affiliation
Socio-Economy, Market Intelligence, and Agribusiness Research Centre, MalaysiaJob Title
Deputy DirectorE-mail
syahrin@mardi.gov.myLatest Submission from Malaysia
The Role of Institutional Support in Malaysia's Paddy and Rice Industry
Rice Varietal Development For Food Sovereignty: a case of MARDI
馬來西亞農業研究發展署為確保糧食主權之稻米品種開發
Postharvest Management of Rice for Sustainable Food Security In Malaysia
維持馬來西亞糧食安全之稻米收穫後管理
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