Collaboration among various parties guarantees national rice supply


KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's population is projected to increase to more than 45 million by 2050 and this will increase the demand and consumption for food, hence creating various challenges, including food insecurity.

A lecturer at the Department of Agribusiness and Bioresource Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Associate Professor Dr Norsida Man said this indirectly raised the issue of food security, which was categorised as one of the threats from a global human security perspective.

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