Browsing by Author "Chamhuri Siwar"

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    Climate change induced adaptation by paddy farmers in Malaysia
    (Springer, 2012) Md. Mahmudul Alam; Chamhuri Siwar; Mohd Ekhwan bin Toriman; Rafiqul Islam Molla; Basri Talib
    The climatic factors are changing very rapidly in Malaysia. For the farmers to adapt with the changes, government and other external agencies are providing several supports. But still there is a gap between farmers' adaptability with climate change and current level of supports. This study uses descriptive statistics, ordinal regression, and percentile analysis to measure the level of farmers' adaptability to climate change as a result of the various existing supports and encouragements provided by the government and other external agencies, and new supports expected by farmers.
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    Climatic changes and vulnerability of household food accessibility: A study on Malaysian east coast economic region
    (Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, 2017) Md. Mahmudul Alam; Chamhuri Siwar; Basri Abdul Talib; Abu N.M. Wahid
    Sustainable food security at the household level is one of the emerging issues for all nations. Several factors such as social, economic, political, demographic, natural and livelihood strategies cause vulnerability in the status of household food security. This study aims to examine the vulnerability of the factors of household food accessibility and its linkage with the climatic changes in Malaysia.
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    Kos dan faedah penyelidikan sosio-ekonomi
    (Penerbit UKM) Chamhuri Siwar
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    Paddy farmers' adaptation practices to climatic vulnerabilities in Malaysia
    (Springer, 2012) Md. Mahmudul Alam; Chamhuri Siwar; Rafiqul Islam Molla; Basri Talib; Mohd Ekhwan bin Toriman
    The climatic factors in Malaysia have been changing very rapidly affecting agricultural productivity and farmers' sustainable livelihood. Agriculture which depends heavily on climate is becoming increasingly vulnerable to risk and uncertainty. In order to face and manage the situation farmers are trying in various ways to adapt to these climatic vulnerabilities. This study analyses paddy farmers' perception of climatic variations and vulnerabilities and focuses on the techniques they use to adapt to the situation.
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    Thermal springs of Malaysia and their potential development
    (Elsevier, 1997) Abdul Rahim Samsudin; Umar Hamzah; Rakmi Ab. Rahman; Chamhuri Siwar; Mohd Fauzi Mohd Jani; Redzuan Othman
    The study on the potential development of hot springs for the tourism industry in Malaysia was conducted. Out of the 40 hot springs covered, the study identified 9 hot springs having a high potential for development, 14 having medium potential and the remaining 17 having low or least potential for development.