Food security: Self sufficiency of rice in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Alias, Emmy Farha, Mohamed Arshad, Fatimah, Mohd Noh, Kusairi, Tasrif, Muhammad
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: HC Economic History and Conditions
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/4477/1/fatimah.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/4477/; http://ijmsconference.uum.edu.my/
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

Malaysia’s stance on food security is largely translated in terms of achieving self‐sufficiency in rice production at about 65‐70% of the local consumption. Since Malaysia does not have the comparative advantage in rice production, it implements a wide range of market interventions to achieve the...