Here’s a round-up of Malaysia’s agriculture and food highlights in the press for August 2022. Agro-Food Takaful Insurance Scheme to cover Malaysia’s 189,500 rice farmers. Sectors including fisheries […]
Category: prices
How Land, Policies, and Tech seeks to answer Malaysia’s food security question
Lately, Malaysia’s food production challenges have been in the spotlight due to rising food prices and shortages of certain foodstuffs that’s threatening the country’s food security. Economist Dr. […]
Palm Oil: Exports, Labour & Local Demand
In the first four months of 2022, Malaysian crude palm oil (CPO) prices reached a record-high average of RM6,300 per tonne. Recent happenings globally and locally contributed to the […]
The NOW in Palm Oil
Here are some of the key factors steering the Malaysian palm oil industry today. MPOB’s development strategies for National Agricommodity Policy 2021-2030 (DAKN 2030) This recently launched policy […]
Factors Driving the Current Agriculture Supercycle
Supply bottlenecks in crop production due to the COVID-19 pandemic has compounded the shortage and high agriculture prices. Due to this, the Agriculture Ministry is looking into improvements […]