Acreage response of paddy in Malaysia

Acreage response and produdion supply functions for soybeans

Accounting for lost acreage.

Privately owned forests, wetlands, and crop-lands in the United States are disappearing at alarming rates due to development and erosion , according to a report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on 7 December 1999. The report, which summarizes the USDA's 1997 National Resources Inventory (NRI), reveals that development has doubled during the last decade to-more than three mi...

Machinery Utilization and Production Cost of Wetland, Direct Seeding Paddy Cultivation in Malaysia

A mean mechanization index of 0.59 and a total machinery energy of 477.78 MJ/ha were recorded for the direct seeding paddy cultivation in Malaysia. Highest mechanization index and machinery energy were obtained in the harvesting operation (0.99 and 336.81 MJ/ha) while the lowest values were in pesticides operations (0.19 and 3.97 MJ/ha). The benefit-cost ratios for an average farmer with and wi...

Heavy Metal Content in Paddy Soils of Ketara, Besut, Terengganu, Malaysia

A study to determine the heavy metal content in paddy soils was carried out at KETARA, Besut, Terengganu, Malaysia. The objective of the study was to determine the heavy metal content of the soil types in the study area. The heavy metals studied were Pb, Cd, Cu, Zn, Fe, Mn and Cr. Heavy metals in the soil were extracted using the sequential extraction method, which consists of four fractions na...

First Local Transmission Cluster of COVID-19 in Malaysia: Public Health Response

Introduction: Rapid public health response is important in controlling the transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In this study, we described the public health response received by the Ministry of Health of Malaysia in managing the first local transmission cluster of COVID-19 related to mass-gathering and inter-state traveling to celebrate a festival. <stron...