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Food insecurity and coping strategies index among low-income households in Klang Valley, Malaysia

Food insecurity occurs whenever the availability and accessibility to obtain adequate and safe food is limited or uncertain. At the national level, Malaysia is considered as food secure, however, at the household level, the food insecurity is still existing especially among the low-income househo...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Azuddin, Ainatul Husna, Ramli, Nurul Nadia, Shamsudin, Mad Nasir, Buda, Mark
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Agriculture, Mulawarman University Samarinda, East Kalimantan 2023
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112972/1/112972.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.1129722025-02-14T08:18:14Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112972/ Food insecurity and coping strategies index among low-income households in Klang Valley, Malaysia Ahmad Azuddin, Ainatul Husna Ramli, Nurul Nadia Shamsudin, Mad Nasir Buda, Mark Food insecurity occurs whenever the availability and accessibility to obtain adequate and safe food is limited or uncertain. At the national level, Malaysia is considered as food secure, however, at the household level, the food insecurity is still existing especially among the low-income households. Thus, the purpose of this study is to determine the coping strategies used among low-income households in order to cope with food insecurity situation. The study also attempts to determine the factors that can influence the low-income households to used harmful coping strategies in Klang Valley, Malaysia. The data was collected among low-income households in Klang Valley and 449 respondents had completed the survey. Four dimensions namely; dietary change, shortterm measures to increase household food availability, short-term measures to reduce the number of people to feed, and rationing strategies were use to establish the Coping Strategies Index (CSI). The findings of this study suggested that 11.36%, 43.21%, 38.75% and 6.68% of the respondents were using low, mildly, moderately and severely coping strategies, respectively. The results suggested that financial and food assistance is required to help this vulnerable group of households to cope with increase in living cost and consequently will help them for a better livelihood. Faculty of Agriculture, Mulawarman University Samarinda, East Kalimantan 2023 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112972/1/112972.pdf Ahmad Azuddin, Ainatul Husna and Ramli, Nurul Nadia and Shamsudin, Mad Nasir and Buda, Mark (2023) Food insecurity and coping strategies index among low-income households in Klang Valley, Malaysia. In: International Conference on Tropical Agrifood, Feed, & Fuel (ICTAFF) 2023, 10-20 Sept. 2023, Grand Jatra Hotel, Balikpapan. (p. 4).
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description Food insecurity occurs whenever the availability and accessibility to obtain adequate and safe food is limited or uncertain. At the national level, Malaysia is considered as food secure, however, at the household level, the food insecurity is still existing especially among the low-income households. Thus, the purpose of this study is to determine the coping strategies used among low-income households in order to cope with food insecurity situation. The study also attempts to determine the factors that can influence the low-income households to used harmful coping strategies in Klang Valley, Malaysia. The data was collected among low-income households in Klang Valley and 449 respondents had completed the survey. Four dimensions namely; dietary change, shortterm measures to increase household food availability, short-term measures to reduce the number of people to feed, and rationing strategies were use to establish the Coping Strategies Index (CSI). The findings of this study suggested that 11.36%, 43.21%, 38.75% and 6.68% of the respondents were using low, mildly, moderately and severely coping strategies, respectively. The results suggested that financial and food assistance is required to help this vulnerable group of households to cope with increase in living cost and consequently will help them for a better livelihood.
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author Ahmad Azuddin, Ainatul Husna
Ramli, Nurul Nadia
Shamsudin, Mad Nasir
Buda, Mark
spellingShingle Ahmad Azuddin, Ainatul Husna
Ramli, Nurul Nadia
Shamsudin, Mad Nasir
Buda, Mark
Food insecurity and coping strategies index among low-income households in Klang Valley, Malaysia
author_facet Ahmad Azuddin, Ainatul Husna
Ramli, Nurul Nadia
Shamsudin, Mad Nasir
Buda, Mark
author_sort Ahmad Azuddin, Ainatul Husna
title Food insecurity and coping strategies index among low-income households in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_short Food insecurity and coping strategies index among low-income households in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_full Food insecurity and coping strategies index among low-income households in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_fullStr Food insecurity and coping strategies index among low-income households in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Food insecurity and coping strategies index among low-income households in Klang Valley, Malaysia
title_sort food insecurity and coping strategies index among low-income households in klang valley, malaysia
publisher Faculty of Agriculture, Mulawarman University Samarinda, East Kalimantan
publishDate 2023
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112972/1/112972.pdf
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