Rice Production in Malaysia

malaysia

General information

  • GNI per capita at PPP$, 2011: 15,650
  • Internal renewable water resources, 2011: 580 km3/year
  • Incoming water flow, 2011: 0 km3/year
  • Main food consumed, 2009: rice, wheat, fish, meat, vegetables, fruits, sugar, milk
  • Rice consumption, 2009: 74 kg milled rice per person per year

Production seasons

 

Planting

Harvesting
Main, Peninsular
Sep-Oct

Nov-Mar

Main, Sabah
Jun-Sep

Dec-Apr

Main, Sarawak
Jan-May
Aug-Sep

Write-up taken from the IRRI’s Rice Almanac (2013):

Malaysia consists of a peninsula bordering Thailand in the north, and the northwestern side of the island of Borneo, with a total area of 330,800 km2 and a population of 28.9 million (2011). Most of the peninsula is covered in tropical forest, much of it on a central mountain range. Coastal plains dominate the Borneo states and the interior is mountainous. About 13% of the workforce is engaged in agriculture; 5.5% of the land is arable (2009). Agriculture made up 11.9% of GDP in 2011.

Source: FAOSTAT database online and AQUASTAT database online, as of November 2012.

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