Syahrin bin Suhaimee

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.

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Affiliation
Socio-Economy, Market Intelligence, and Agribusiness Research Centre, Malaysia
Job Title
Deputy Director
E-mail
syahrin@mardi.gov.my

Latest Submission from Malaysia

2016.06.28
Introduction The Malaysian government launched its Eleventh Malaysia Plan (EMP) for the period of 2016-2020, last year. The EMP is considered as the last and critical economic development plan in Malaysia’s journey to become a developed nation in 2020. It is a comprehensive strategy that focuses...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Overview
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2016.06.08
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...
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2016.06.02
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...
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2016.05.24
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...
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2016.04.13
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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