Water’s Role in Ensuring Food Security: An Analysis of Malaysia from 1991 to 2020

Wong Kar Yee; Rachel Yeoh Sue Yeen; Vikniswari Vija Kumaran

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Water’s Role in Ensuring Food Security: An Analysis of Malaysia from 1991 to 2020

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Wong Kar Yee¹^{, *}, Rachel Yeoh Sue Yeen¹, Vikniswari Vija Kumaran¹

¹Faculty of Business and Finance, University Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kampar, Malaysia

^*Corresponding author. Email: kellywong815@1utar.my

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Wong Kar Yee

Available Online 17 March 2025.

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Keywords: Food Security; Malaysia; Water Resources; Economic Growth; Population Growth; Carbon Footprint
Abstract: Food security has been a prominent economic issue in the world which is gradually gaining global attention, especially climate change, population growth and socio-economic disparities has been a global challenge these days. Undoubtedly food security has emerged as a pressing issue worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic has further intensified existing vulnerabilities in food systems, highlighting the urgent need for resilient and sustainable approaches to ensure adequate food supply for all. This study aims to analyze the relationship between water resources, economic growth (economical aspect), population growth (social aspect), carbon dioxide emission (environmental aspect) and food security in Malaysia over the period from 1991 to 2020. Moreover, there are 3 prominent theories supporting our study, namely, Keynesian Theory, Neo-Malthusian Theory, and Photosynthesis Theory. Water resources will serve as our focus in this study. Data of all independent variables was collected from international sources - World Bank Data. Statistical analysis including Unit Root Test, ARDL Cointegration Bounds Test, Error Correction Model, ARCH Test, LM Test, CUSUM Test, VIF Test, and Normality Test was employed in this study. The findings indicate a significant positive correlation between water resources and food security indicators in Malaysia over the period of 1991 – 2020.
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Volume Title: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Business, Accounting, Finance and Economics (BAFE 2024)
Series: Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research
Publication Date: 17 March 2025
ISBN: 978-94-6463-666-6
ISSN: 2352-5428
DOI: 10.2991/978-94-6463-666-6_33 How to use a DOI?
Open Access: Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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