Malaysia Adopts Chinese Dual-Cropping Model to Boost Rice Output

As rice output falls, Malaysia looks to China’s ‘2 yields, 1 land’ model

Malaysia is looking to China’s rice-prawn farms as a model to extract more from its shrinking paddy land as a slide in rice self-sufficiency has left it increasingly reliant on imports from its Southeast Asian neighbours. The experiment is also part of an attempt to confront other issues such as ageing farmers and more erratic weather, which have dented Malaysia’s rice output. Agriculture and Food Security Minister Mohamad Sabu said on Monday that Malaysia needed to raise its rice...

By Iman Muttaqin Yusof