Food security and safety

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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Policy to Achieve Self Sufficiency on Rice Production in Indonesia

Tahlim Sudaryanto
INTRODUCTION Enhancing national food security has been one of the strategic policy goals of the current administration. Based on the Food Law No.18/2012, the state has an obligation to secure the availability and access, to adequate, balanced, safe, and nutritious food consumption at the...
Country: Indonesia Topic: Food security and safety
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Strengthening Pesticide Management to Safeguard Agro-product Quality and Safety

Zhen Zhong
INTRODUCITON Since 2013, the Ministry of Agriculture has continued to promote the supervision of pesticide and legal system building. It prioritized the supervision of pesticides, innovated the market supervision, scandalized the pesticide sales, improved the pesticide quality, and secured the...
Country: China Topic: Food security and safety
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National Policy to Improve Food Self-Sufficiency and Food Security in Vietnam

Nguyen Le Hoa, Tran Cong Thang
INTRODUCTION Food production especially rice, is very important for Vietnam. In general, Vietnam has favorable conditions for rice production with tropical weather, available land, significant water resources and experiences in rice cultivation. Therefore, the supply and export of rice have been...
Country: Vietnam Topic: Food security and safety
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Amended Agro-Pesticide Act Requires Buyers to Register

I Han, Min-Hsien Yang
Source: Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan   The "Agro-pesticide Act" was amended on 24 December, 2014.  It intended to track the flow of agro-pesticides and to clarify the responsibilities of illegal drugs,...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Food security and safety
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