Food security and safety

An Analysis of the Food Security Policy Implementation Framework: The Case of Food Self-Sufficiency and Extension Policy in Indonesia

Muhamad Rusliyadi, Yu-Hua Chen
ABSTRACT The agricultural sector plays a major role in the Indonesian economy. Despite the transformation of the economic structure, particularly the development of industrial and service sectors, these changes have not reduced rural poverty or achieved food security. The main purpose of this...
Country: Indonesia Topic: Food security and safety
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The Recent Global Food Supply Situation and Taiwan's Food Security Policy

Yi-Chieh Chen
ABSTRACT Taiwan, being an island nation, heavily relies on imports of grains such as soybeans, wheat, and corn to meet its feed and food requirements. Although the total agricultural imports and exports between Taiwan and Russia and Ukraine are extremely low, these two countries are major global...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Food security and safety
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Trade Liberalization in ASEAN and its Impacts on Malaysia’s Food Security

Rozhan Abu Dardak, Nik Rozana Nik Mohamad Masdek
ABSTRACT Malaysia has always been a trading nation. Strategically located along the Straits of Malacca, it sits on a major shipping channel that connects the Indian Ocean to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east. Malaysia recognizes the importance of international trade and relations to the...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Food security and safety
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Assessment of Food Safety Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) among Cabbage Consumers in Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory, Myanmar

Youn Lai Khin, Shwe Mar Than, Min Zar Ni Aung, Yee Phyo Mon
ABSTRACT In Myanmar, vegetable production is a major component of food safety strategy. Cabbage is such a vegetable vastly attacked by various kinds of pests. Wide and unsystematic use of pesticides and thus their residues are the main challenge for food safety. Inadequate food safety knowledge...
Country: Myanmar Topic: Food security and safety
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Rooftop Urban Farming in Singapore: The Iron Triangle of Farmers, Private Sector and Government-Linked Entities

Tai Wei Lim
ABSTRACT Countries reliant on food imports like Singapore were recently affected by the Russo-Ukraine war and the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic as both events increased the prices of staple foods. To mitigate this situation, Singapore’s rooftop farms focused on cultivating mass-consumed...
Country: Singapore Topic: Food security and safety
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