Research Programme

RESEARCH PROGRAMME

Laboratory of Agricultural and Food Policy Studies (LKDPM) continued two research programs that were set in 2011 prior to the merger of the Institute of Agricultural and Food Policy Studies (IKDPM) and Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security (ITAFoS). These programs became the platform and focus for each service provided by LKDPM.

PROGRAMME 1: ECONOMICS OF AGRICULTURE , ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCE

Research in agricultural economics has primarily focused on seven main topics: agriculture, environment and resources; risk and uncertainty; consumption and food supply chains; prices and incomes; market structures; trade and development; and technical change and human capital. Research projects may relate to individual efficiency in production and individual and group efficiencies in marketing, international trade, or general welfare. Research in agricultural and resource economics today includes various applied areas, including tools for policy analyses that overlap considerably with conventional micro and macroeconomics.

Coordinator: 

Prof. Dr. Shaufique Fahmi Sidique

Members:

Prof. Datin Paduka Dr. Fatimah Mohamed Arshad

Dr. Marcel Djama

Dr. Tey Yeong Sheng

Emmy Farha Alias

Suryani Darham

Syahaneem Mohamad Zainalabidin

PROGRAMME 2: COMPETITIVENESS OF FOOD & AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT

Globalization and rapid technological advances have increased competition at the global level in general. Competitiveness has become the main thrust in the development of a country and is widely used by developed and developing countries. To further strengthen the competitiveness of various sectors in the country, competitiveness has been focused on maximizing the welfare of Malaysians in general and encouraging private investment in efforts to commercialize the food production system to be efficient, high productivity and market-oriented and increase value added integrated along the value chain of agricultural production while being able to conserve and use natural resources sustainably. Various definitions and interpretations of the meaning of competitiveness have emerged in the literature today, and in particular we have chosen the definitions interpreted by Agriculture Canada (1991), the National Competitiveness Council (2004) and the Productivity Report (2008). In this age of globalization, the measurement of competitiveness aspects is not only limited to the definition of market share value and profitability but also includes value-added, sustainability and environmental aspects. Several indicators have been widely used in various research to measure the level of quantity in general, namely, comparative advantage, productivity, efficiency and market share value. Other non-measurable characteristics such as sustainability and environment have been included in the definition of competitiveness, where this definition is still at the stage of development of an appropriate measurement index.

Coordinator: 

Dr Tey Yeong Sheng

Members:

Prof. Dr. Shaufique Fahmi Sidique

Prof. Datin Paduka Dr. Fatimah Mohamed Arshad

Dr. Marcel Djama

Emmy Farha Alias

Suryani Darham

Syahaneem Mohamad Zainalabidin

Updated:: 04/01/2022 [noorbaiti]