The Application of the Minimum Food Security Quota (MFS-Quota): Malaysia

Ruiz Estrada, Mario Arturo (2013): The Application of the Minimum Food Security Quota (MFS-Quota): Malaysia.

Abstract

This paper proposes the uses of the Minimum Food Security Quota (MFS-Quota) by Ruiz Estrada (2010). Consequently, the MFS-Quota was applied on the case of Malaysia. The main objective of the MFS-Quota is to calculate the approximate amount of annual food storage that any country needs to prepare for a potential natural disaster or social conflict. Moreover, any country is able to build its own MFS-Quota according to their agriculture production system(s) and its food national policy focus respectively.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Food security; economic development; Malaysia
• Subjects: B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B4 - Economic Methodology > B40 - General

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