Paddy, rice and food security in Malaysia
A review of climate change impacts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22111617 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R B Radin Firdaus (0000-0001-7022-0576, Universiti Sains Malaysia, corresponding author), Mou Leong Tan (0000-0003-3939-0336, Universiti Sains Malaysia), Siti Rahyla Rahmat (0000-0002-6121-7604, Universiti Sains Malaysia), Mahinda Senevi Gunaratne (0000-0003-2296-900X, Universiti Sains Malaysia) |
| Editors | Sandra Ricart Casadevall (University of Alicante) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cogent Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2331-1886 • E-ISSN: 2331-1886 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23311886.2020.1818373 |
| OpenAlex | W3086743449 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 48 |
Malaysia has focused its self-sufficiency policy on rice and paddy production, which are the country’s primary staple food and food crop. Throughout the Eleventh Malaysian Plan (2016–2020) and National Agro-Food Policy (2011–2020), Malaysia continues its proactive and progressive measures to promote paddy and rice sector development. The impacts of climate change, however, are projected to exacerbate challenges in increasing paddy yields and achieving food security in the future. Hence, this paper attempts to discuss climate change impacts on rice production and food security in Malaysia succinctly. Using Mann–Kendall and Sen’s slope, our analysis exhibited the increased minimum (Tmin) and maximum (Tmax) temperature in the granary areas, ranging from 0.3°C to 0.5°C and 0.2°C to 0.3°C, respectively, in every decade. At the same time, precipitation has shown an increasing trend, ranging from 133 mm to 200 mm. Apart from the trend analysis, we conducted a literature review to substantiate our discussion. The findings signified that climate change poses a severe threat to paddy production, which eventually will affect food security as they are highly interrelated. Thus, it is high time for Malaysia to revamp its paddy and rice intervention strategies by giving due attention to enhancing the adaptive capacity of paddy farmers to cope with climate change
Agricultural economics · Agricultural science · Agriculture · Business · Climate change · Economics · Food processing · Food security · Geography · Natural resource economics · Political science · Staple food · Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact · Climate change impacts on agriculture · Environmental Science · Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
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| Citations per year | 2.2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |