Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture and Food Security Issues in Malaysia: An Empirical Study on Farm Level Assessment Md. Mahmudul Alam * Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI) National University of Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia; E-mail:
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[email protected] * Corresponding Author Citation Reference: Alam, M.M., Siwar, C., Murad, M.W., and Mohd Ekhwan, T. 2011. Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture and Food Security Issues in Malaysia: An Empirical Study on Farm Level Assessment, World Applied Sciences Journal, Vol. 14(3), pp. 431-442. Available at < www.idosi.org/wasj/wasj14(3)11/12.pdf> (ISSN 1818-4952; Publisher- International Digital Organization for Scientific Information) This is a pre-publication copy. The published article is copyrighted by the publisher of the journal. 1 Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture and Food Security Issues in Malaysia: An Empirical Study on Farm Level Assessment ABSTRACT Climate change is proven to have had impacted the agricultural productivity, crop choice, and food security everywhere in the world. The nature, scale, frequency, and outcome of such impact differ significantly among countries, regions and areas within a country. This study is an effort to empirically investigate theses issues for Malaysia using both primary and secondary data collected from and relevant to the Integrated Agriculture Development Areas in the Northwest Selangor.