Fisheries and the National Food Security: the Malaysian perspective

Fisheries constitute one of nature’s renewable, highly diverse and dynamic agricultural resources. These resources exist in an aquatic environment that are subjected to an ever increasing degradation, notably pollution. They represent an extremely valuable commodity,much sought after for food, ornam...

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Main Author: Ambak, Mohd Azmi
Format: Inaugural Lecture
Language:English
Published: 2000
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1077/1/LG173K8S981_no.1_%28_2000%29.pdf
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description Fisheries constitute one of nature’s renewable, highly diverse and dynamic agricultural resources. These resources exist in an aquatic environment that are subjected to an ever increasing degradation, notably pollution. They represent an extremely valuable commodity,much sought after for food, ornaments and recreational purpose. Food is a very important and sensitive topic, especially when a substantial amount of our requirement is produced by others (imported). Shortage of food is detrimental and can create unrest in the country. One of the greatest challenges in the new millenium is to meet the demand for safe and nutritious food for our growing population.
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spelling upm.eprints-10772016-01-24T10:51:06Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1077/ Fisheries and the National Food Security: the Malaysian perspective Ambak, Mohd Azmi Fisheries constitute one of nature’s renewable, highly diverse and dynamic agricultural resources. These resources exist in an aquatic environment that are subjected to an ever increasing degradation, notably pollution. They represent an extremely valuable commodity,much sought after for food, ornaments and recreational purpose. Food is a very important and sensitive topic, especially when a substantial amount of our requirement is produced by others (imported). Shortage of food is detrimental and can create unrest in the country. One of the greatest challenges in the new millenium is to meet the demand for safe and nutritious food for our growing population. 2000-02-03 Inaugural Lecture NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1077/1/LG173K8S981_no.1_%28_2000%29.pdf Ambak, Mohd Azmi (2000) Fisheries and the National Food Security: the Malaysian perspective. [Inaugural Lecture]
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