Food security: Self sufficiency of rice in Malaysia by Alias, Emmy Farha, Mohamed Arshad, Fatimah, Mohd Noh, Kusairi, Tasrif, Muhammad

“…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. …”
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Local food concept in self sufficient producer in Malaysia by Yusoff, Noraniza, A., Abdul Azis, A. R., Abdul Razak, D., Andrian

“…Local food means food produced in the same province in which it’s sold or food sold across provincial borders within 50 kilometres of the originating province or territory.There is no consistent definition of “local food”.The purposes of this analysis includes (a) to distinguish between the defining attributes of local food concept and its irrelevant structure and (b) to determine its internal structure by breaking it into simpler elements.The Wilson concept analysis was employed for analysis.Result showed that local food concept differs from halal food concept.Halal food refers to hygiene and healthy foods accord with the teachings of the Quran and Sunnah of the Prophet, Ijma’ (consensus) and Qiyas (deduction of analogy according to the Syafie or any one of the Hanafi, Maliki or Hanbali School of thought or fatwa approved by the relevant Islamic Authority).While, paddy in 1970-1980 met about 87% of the domestic need the result of government policy that emphasised higher food self-sufficiency by increasing yields.In paddy sector, Ninamaju Sdn Bhd is a rice producer started its operation since 1981 originated from and located at northern part of Malaysia or the rice bowl of Malaysia, Kedah.Involved in the production of high quality rice and processing using high-tech machines to meet the demands of daily food community.…”
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The Digitalization Approach in The Paddy Sector To Achieve The Self-Sufficiency Level In Malaysia by Ibrahim, Ahmad Zubir

“…This paper aims to explore how a digitization approach can be effectively utilized in paddy production to attain self-sufficiency levels (SSL) in Malaysia. Additionally, it identifies key issues and challenges that need to be addressed to achieve self-sufficiency in paddy production. …”
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Developing Interactive MADA Paddy Estate Decision Making System: Way Forward to Increase Rice Self-Sufficiency Level in Malaysia (S/O 14365) by Applanaidu, Shri Dewi, Zainal Abidin, Norhaslinda, Soon, Jan Jan, Ali, Jamal

“…This model able to provide a holistic view on the factors effecting the paddy productivity and eventually the self-sufficiency level (SSL). The developed SD model able to help MADA in decision-making to identify and find solutions to problems related to increase paddy productivity and reaching the targeted productivity which is 10 MT/ha and eventually increase the Malaysia’s SSL.…”
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Chinese entrepreneurial capabilities and practices: case of Malaysian SME by Yeng, Wai Lau, Wei, Keng Cheah, Abdullah, Asna Atqa

“…Chinese SMEs are found to demonstrate a staunch desire for self-sufficiency and progress in the face of adversity. …”
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Issues and challenges of integrated agro-food supply chain: An overview of Malaysian food security by Ariffin, Ahmad Shabudin, Abas, Zakaria, Baluch, Nazim Hussain

“…Income per person has become third highest in South East Asia trailing Brunei and Singapore in 2006.With rising incomes, food consumption has shifted away from starchy staples and moved toward wheat and livestock products, seafood, fruits and vegetables.Malaysia’s continuing economic growth and industrialisation are expected to place considerable pressure on its policy of increasing food self-sufficiency.With competitive pressure for resources from non-agriculture sectors, there is likely to be limited capacity to increase agricultural production.With the challenges including global warming, floods, droughts, increase in temperatures, changes in rainfall patterns and a rise in sea levels food production is on the decline; Malaysia is one of the many countries where food self-sufficiency is decreasing, year by year.Another weakness of the Malaysia agricultural sector is that it largely produces cash crops and little food.This paper explores interrelatedness of some complementary policy changes and initiatives in the selected Asian countries as well as reviews Malaysian National Food Security Policy (NFSP) that affects food production and food security.The paper concludes that in many important ways, the Malaysian Government still sees food security as a public mandate, especially in the case of rice and working diligently to increase food security for its nationals.…”
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The missing link: The challenge of achieving economic as well as environmental sustainability in remote ASEAN rainforest communities by Yeo, Alvin, Richards, Cameron

“…The dilemma of being relatively self-sufficient but connected to the world is one which faces even remote and indigenous ASEAN rainforest communities. …”

The adoption of innovation in ruminant farming for food security in Malaysia: a narrative literature review by Abdullah, Farah Adila, Ali, Jamal, Noor, Mohd Saifoul Zamzuri

“…In recent years, the self sufficiency level (SSL) of ruminant meat in Malaysia is discouraging, while the import value kept increasing. …”
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Social accountability of microfinance institutions in South Asian Region by Ahmed, Iftekhar, Bhuiyan, Abul Bashar, Ibrahim, Yusnidah, Said, Jamaliah, Mohd Salleh, Mohammed Fuad

“…Conversely, the average loan balance per borrower per gross national income per capital and average outstanding balance have significant negative relation to the dependent variable.On the other hand, the yield on a GLP, size of MFIs and operational self-sufficiency has insignificant effect to the number of active borrowers. …”
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The Ar-Rahnu efficiency and its determinants by Maamor, Selamah, Ismail, Abdul Ghafar

“…While, variables that affect ar-rahnu efficiency found from this empirical study are size, financial self-sufficiency, subsidy and group of business positively affect ar-rahnu efficiency.…”
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Measuring efficiency of rice growing farmers using data envelopment analysis by Zabidi, Nerda Zura, Mat Kasim, Maznah, Ramli, Razamin, Baten, Md Azizul, Mohamed Nadhar Khan, Sahubar Ali

“…Self-sufficiency in rice production has been the main issue in Malaysia agriculture.It is significantly low and does not comply with the current average rice yield of 3.7 tons per ha per season.One of the best options and the most effective way to improve rice productivity is through more efficient utilization of paddy farmers. …”
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Investigation on zakat as an indicator for Moslem countries' economic growth by Mahat, Nor Idayu, Warokka, Ari

“…We proposed the strategy to estimate the zakat and employed a multivariate regression to analyse a panel macroeconomic data of 19 Moslem countries for the period 2004-2010.The empirical results give some evidence that zakat is able to become a powerful resource of economic growth, or in other words, it could be domestic direct investment that provides source of fund to the country development.Although the proposed model is limited due to the availability of complete panel macroeconomic data, we conclude that zakat will become a serious implementable economic growth policy in Moslem countries reflecting a self-sufficient spirit, equitable distribution of wealth paradigm, and much more human-touch in managing national development.…”

Disaster awareness among school children: the use of disaster information leaflet by Mohd Zol, Nurfatin, Abdul Nifa, Faizatul Akmar

“…A natural disaster is “an event, concentrated in time and space, which threatens a society or a relatively self-sufficient subdivision of a society with major unwanted consequences as a result of the collapse of precautions which had hitherto been culturally accepted as adequate. …”
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Towards empowering zakat recipients: an assessment on effectiveness of zakat institutions from the zakat recipients' perspective by Abd. Wahab, Norazlina, Alam, Md Mahmudul, Al Haq, Ashraf, Hashim, Suraiya, Zainol, Zairy

“…Researchers opine that empowering is a matter of utmost importance in order to ensure recipients are self-sufficient, self-reliant and can withstand any hardship come it may. …”
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Memandiri Usahawan Berstatus Asnaf Melalui Model MLC by Abd Halim, Mohammad Naim, Maamor, Selamah, Osman, Amirul Faiz, Aziz, Ahmad Bashir @ Zolmat, Ahmad, Nor Hayati

“…The main focus of LZNK trying to help is those who want and are learning and this effort coincides with the basic need of a person to 'self-sufficient' is nothing but knowledge. However, what is the knowledge and how is the knowledge to be adapted in the daily life of an asnaf or the asnaf's child so that he is able to be independent and eventually is removed from the list of asnafs and instead becomes a zakat payer. …”
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Adoption of circular economy for a sustainable solid waste management system in Malaysia by Zainal, Mhd Saiful Anuar

“…Descriptive and inferential statistic methods were used to draw conclusions.The outcomes of the study are a comprehensive list of information on key enablers, initiatives and indicators that are relevant to the Circular Economy.Findings - This study will prove that waste is a valuable resource and the government should reap the potential economic benefit from the valuable materials in waste estimated at RM1.63 billion per year derived from the 22% of recyclables items.This amount would alleviate the government financial burden (56%) and make the solid waste management is self-sufficient in the long run.The successful implementation of the Circular Economy will harmonize the environment, economy and society, and aspire to divert 40% of waste from landfill and to achieve 22% recycling rate by 2020 (PEMANDU, 2015). …”
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