Food security and safety

Rice Varietal Development For Food Sovereignty: a case of MARDI

Asfaliza Ramli
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-...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Food security and safety
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Postharvest Management of Rice for Sustainable Food Security In Malaysia

Asnawi Shahar, Azahar bin Harun, Mohd Taufik Ahmad, Rosniyana Ahmad, Yahya Sahari
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...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Food security and safety
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Feeding Malaysia’s Growing Population with Climate Smart Agriculture

Chubashini Suntharalingam
Growing food to feed the population becomes a challenge due to erratic weather and climatic patterns. Temperature increase and changes in rainfall pattern hasten the spread of pests and diseases which ultimately affect crop yields. The intensity of climate change which causes an impact on our...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Food security and safety
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What Expert Says: Impact of Climate Change on Agrobiodiversity and Food Security

Mohamad Zabawi Abdul Ghani
The Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released in 2007 has reaffirmed that climate is changing and influencing many physical and biological systems including disruption of the ecosystem’s services, which is important to support livelihood. When...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Food security and safety
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The Development of Food Varieties for Food Safety in Taiwan

I Han, Min-Hsien Yang
Source: Council of Agriculture (COA) The Rice is the major staple food in Taiwan. Around 1.31 million metric tons of rice are produced per year, enough to sufficiently supply domestic food consumption. Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture (COA) regularly buys the public grains from rice farmers...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Food security and safety
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