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There have been warning signs for several months that Malaysia may face a severe shortage of local white rice by at least April this year because of unpredictable weather and the escalating price of paddy seeds. Professor Dr Fatimah Arshad, Research Fellow, at the Institute of Agricultural and Food Policy Studies of Universiti Putra Malaysia helps us analyse the country's overall food security situation and what often appears to be reactionary response policies by Malaysian authorities.
The Breakfast Grille
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Mar 7·
12:00AM·
23 minsMar 7
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23 minsUnpacking Malaysia's Food Security Situation
Today's session involved a discussion on the government's plans to eradicate poverty, and how the government's Central Database Hub, or PADU, can help streamline this process. The MPs also spoke about how our tourism industry has performed post-pandemic, as well as flight delays.Image Credit: Shutterstock
Evening Edition
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Nov 16·
9:00AM·
23 minsNov 16
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23 minsPopek Popek Parlimen: Centralising Our Data
The recent price hike of imported rice by more than 30% has led to a surge in demand for cheaper local rice, and thus an acute shortage in local rice supply. In fact, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has warned that legal action could be taken against anyone found hoarding rice. What’s fuelling our problems with rice supplies across the world and are we seeing a global rice crisis? Here to discuss this and how Malaysia can shore up our food security is Prof Datin Paduka Fatimah Arshad. Image Credit: 123RF
Live & Learn
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Oct 10·
6:00AM·
32 minsOct 10
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32 minsA Rice-ing Problem
Founded by mother-son pairing Gwen and David, King Living had its humble start at Paddy’s Markets in Sydney over 40 years ago.Today, with its steel construction and modular sofa designs, King Living is a leading Australian furniture manufacturer-retailer with 18 branches across Australia, with another 10 overseas spread across Singapore, Malaysia, the UK, New Zealand, Canada, and China.King Living’s journey entered a new chapter around 8 years ago when David King stepped away from the day-to-day and Anna Carrabs took up the role as CEO. After 7 years in charge of the company, Anna stepped down in November and today’s guest on the show took up the baton.Photo Credits: LinkedIn | David Woollcott
Open For Business
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Jul 7·
2:00AM·
21 minsJul 7
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21 minsFamily Owned King Living’s Past, Present & Future
Rice is a staple of Malaysians’ diet, and for years and decades, Malaysia has prided itself on our paddy industry. However, when we think of paddy fields, we often think of the states across Peninsula Malaysia such as Kedah and Perak in the north, and Kelantan and Terengganu on the East coast. What we don’t talk about as much is the paddy industry in Sabah and Sarawak, over in East Malaysia, which is vastly different from what we see here in Peninsula Malaysia. We speak to Dr Sarena Che Omar, deputy director of research with Khazanah Research Institute, on how we can cultivate the specialty rice industry.Image Credit: Shutterstock
Live & Learn
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Mar 21·
6:00AM·
27 minsMar 21
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27 minsCultivating the Specialty Rice Industry in East Malaysia
Parliament is back, where we bring you updates from the Dewan Rakyat. The MP's discussed a variety of topics today, including job scam syndicates and the guaranteed minimum price (or GMP) for 1kg of paddy purchased from farmers. Things got heated when Ipoh Barat MP, M. Kulasegaran accused the government of being out of touch with business owners who are facing a critical shortage of migrant workers, while the health ministry talked about some of their anti-suicide initiatives. Image source: Laboo Studio, Shutterstock
Evening Edition
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Oct 4·
9:00AM·
17 minsOct 4
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17 minsPopek Popek Parlimen: Menteri Kena 'Cool'
Can’t grow strawberries in Camerons. But is the picture more dire than we think and how can Malaysia adapt its agricultural policy to these situations? Ameen Kamal, Head of Science and Technology, EMIR Research shares his perspective
Morning Brief
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Aug 22·
11:15PM·
10 minsAug 22
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10 minsFood Insecurity Triggered By Climate Crisis
We're continuing our collaboration with the folks from the Freedom Film Network, revisiting past films that were made over the last two decades, which tackled various human rights issues in Malaysia. This week, we're revisiting the 2020 film, Petani Bukan Pemalas, which gives us an insight into the struggles of paddy farmers right here in Malaysia, who are faced with declining harvests and rising costs, and an exploitative system which sees farmers trapped in a vicious cycle of debt. We find out more about the film and issues raised in it from Nurfitri Amir bin Muhammad, the director of the film. Amir is also an activist and researcher, and coordinator of the Malaysia Food Sovereignty Forum.Image credit: Freedom Film Network
Live & Learn
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May 13·
6:00AM·
43 minsMay 13
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43 minsStay Home & Watch: Petani Bukan Pemalas
In today's session of the Dewan Rakyat, the MPs discussed a variety of topics including shifting ‘goal posts’ by critics of our palm oil productio, the country’s preparedness in facing floods and landslides, reopening of borders and readiness for possible new covid-19 variants and concerts to encourage young people to vote. Image source: Sufian Hanif, Shutterstock
Evening Edition
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Mar 22·
9:00AM·
22 minsDr. Sarena Che Omar from Khazanah Research Institute explains how the energy crunch is also affecting the price of fertilizer and how severe the effect will be on rice production and prices. Image credit: Shutterstock.com
Morning Brief
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Oct 21·
11:30PM·
9 minsOct 21
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9 minsRising Fertilizer Prices Impacting Rice
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