The pandemic of Covid-19 has resulted in more significant global problems in terms of food security due to movement control orders (MCO) executed around the world. Malaysia has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and has slowed down the activities of economic sectors, including the agriculture...

One of the programs introduced by the government to improve the well-being of the residents in the city is the urban agriculture program through community garden projects. The main goal of this project is to reduce or overcome the economic, social and environmental problems faced by the residents...

There is a gap in the supply chain involving traceability of Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) among Oil Palm Fruit Dealers (DF) who receive FFB from independent oil palm smallholders and small estate. An effective traceability system at the dealers is able to reduce this gap while providing a complete...

This article describes the inter-university collaboration between Malaysia and Japan to share and discuss health and nutrition policies regarding healthy and active aging.

By 2015 it is estimated that about 26 cities in the world would have a population of 10 millions or more, adding pressure to the fact that a total of 250 million people who live in hunger at present are found in the world's cities. To feed such a city at least 6,000 tonnes of food must be imported...

Food and drink that were good (Halalan Toyyiban) is a compulsory in Islam. In this modern era, a concern was raised over the halal status of blood plasma that is widely used especially in the food industry. The objective of this study was to investigate the usefulness, advantages and disadvantages...

Innovation plays an important role in ensuring the survival and growth of business firms. It becomes even more vital within the varied contexts of saturated, matured, turbulent, or low-barrier market entry to which the Malaysian halal food industry is not immuned. Given that the issue would become...

The responsibility of protecting consumer well-being has a lot to do with product manufacturers. This study examined the motives and practices of selected small scale food manufacturers within the ambit of consumer protection issue. In-depth interviews were conducted involving four small scale food ...

Islam is a religion that emphasizes human health including the human digestive system. The human stool (stool) discussed in this study is a human waste which is one of the way to look at human health. The objectives of this research were to study the physiochemical and characteristics of stool and...

This special issue contains 22 papers dealing with research on divesity, abundance, distribution, composition, morphology, histology, biology, trapping, new species, new geographic records and taxonomy of insects (including bees, aquatic insects, plants pests, stored products pests, biological...