Linkages between climatic changes and food security among the poor and low-income households in the East Coast Economic Region, Malaysia

Md. Mahmudul Alam (P59289)

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dc.contributor.advisor	Chamhuri Siwar, Emeritus Prof.
dc.contributor.author	Md. Mahmudul Alam (P59289)
dc.date.accessioned	2023-10-16T08:29:16Z	-
dc.date.available	2023-10-16T08:29:16Z	-
dc.date.issued	2014-07-25
dc.identifier.other	ukmvital:104725
dc.identifier.uri	https://ptsldigital.ukm.my/jspui/handle/123456789/515255	-
dc.description	The issue of food security is now an emerging concern for all nations. The focus of food security is on the household or family as it is the basic unit of activity in society. Ensuring household food security is more important than national food security. One of the major threats of food security is climatic changes and the outcomes that affect the level of food security through changes in their food availability, accessibility, stability, and consumption or utilization process. This research is aimed at finding out the level of household food security and the linkages of climatic change from various perspectives, such as household resilience, vulnerability, impact, adaptation, and External Supports for adaptation, in case of East Coast Economic Region (ECER) of Malaysia. This study collects primary data through a questionnaire survey on 460 poor and low income households from the states of Pahang, Terengganu, and Kelantan in Malaysia. The samples are selected from E-Kasih poor household database based on the cluster random sampling technique. Household food security is measured according to the USAID’s measurement of HFIA, where a total of 52.8% households are food secure (access), 23.3% of households are mildly food insecure, 14.3% of are moderately food insecure, and 9.6% of households are severely food insecure. The relationship between climatic issues and household food security are measured through econometric assessments, such as chi-square test, ordinal regression, binary logistics regression, and path measurement modeling. This study shows that household food insecurity is not only linked with social and economic factors, but also statistically significantly linked with direct and indirect impacts of climatic factors. Household adaptation techniques are also related to climatic changes such as 45.7% are able to adapt to climatic food insecurity, but still 65% of the households expect External Supports to adapt to food insecurity. Therefore, to ensure sustainable household food security in Malaysia, the design of food security programmes must be integrated with climatic change adaptation programs. Based on the findings and outcomes, this study provides a set of policy recommendations and adaptation action plans for sustainable household food security, poverty alleviation, and adaptation policy towards climatic changes in Malaysia.,“Certification of Master's/Doctoral Thesis” is not available,Ph.D.
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	UKM, Bangi
dc.relation	Institute for Environment and Development / Institut Alam Sekitar dan Pembangunan (LESTARI)
dc.rights	UKM
dc.subject	Food security -- Malaysia
dc.subject	Food supply -- Malaysia
dc.subject	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia -- Dissertations
dc.subject	Dissertations, Academic -- Malaysia
dc.title	Linkages between climatic changes and food security among the poor and low-income households in the East Coast Economic Region, Malaysia
dc.type	Theses
dc.format.pages	361
dc.identifier.callno	HD9018.M3A433 2014 tesis
dc.identifier.barcode	003675(2019)
Appears in Collections:	Institute for Environment and Development / Institut Alam Sekitar dan Pembangunan (LESTARI)

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