Nor Diana Mohd IdrisUniversiti Kebangsaan Malaysia | ukm · Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI)
Nor Diana Mohd Idris
Bachelor of Economy
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Problem statement: Integrated Agricultural Development Project (IADP) is a platform for rural socioeconomic improvement. This initiative has raised the income of farmers by creating a large scale fruits producer in Sarawak. Therefore, the objective of this study was to identify the direct impact of the agricultural development project on socioecono...
Agriculture remains one of the most vital economic sectors in Southeast Asia. However, the progress of this sector has been hindered by small-scale production, limited technology application, decreasing agricultural land size and quality, climate change, rapid urbanization, low productivity, and aging farmers. Technology adoption by rural farmers i...
Floods are one of the annual natural disasters that frequently occur in Malaysia and worldwide. Drastic development can cause environmental changes and expose humans to catastrophic incidents. Changes in the quality of the environment can ultimately lead to the risk of flooding. The state of Pahang was one of the zones that suffered from a catastro...
The increase of flood-related event has affected not only property damage but also casualties among the community that lives in a flood-prone area. Increasing risk of exposure to the flood-related event will consequently affect the livelihoods of a community. Therefore, the adaptive capacity of a community is vital for farmers to be resilient in an...
COVID-19 has placed a focus on the global energy industry. The global energy system in 2020 and beyond was covered in this article. The epidemic had immediate implications on energy demand, particularly for oil, and on energy bills. According to the IEA, understanding the development of the low-carbon energy system and the eventual demise of the cu...
Productive paddy fields are an important asset in supporting food security. However, due to the increasing competition for land use with sectors outside agriculture, it has triggered the pace of land conversion without control and has the potential to threaten the stability of food supply itself. This study aims to identify the rate of paddy field...
Kesesuaian lahan adalah tingkat kesesuaian sebidang lahan untuk penggunaan tertentu, dalam hal ini untuk tanaman padi yang menjadi kebutuhan pokok masyarakat. Produksi padi yang optimal harus didukung oleh sumber daya lahan yang sesuai. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengevaluasi tingkat kesesuaian lahan tanaman padi secara actual agar dapat diadak...
The aim of this research is to determine livelihoods vunerabilities of a farmers that live in flood prone area by using Livelihood Vulnerability Index. This study also aims to determine farmers vulnerability from the flood. The study will solely focus on farmers that live in Kota Bharu, Kelantan area. Total of 100 respondents were choosen and the r...
Safety culture or climate has been linked to safety performance in a growing number of studies. How safety and safety culture may enhance a company's safety performance has been the subject of several studies, particularly in high-risk sectors. Since safety culture is defined differently in different countries and organization in literature, it's i...
This systematic review focuses on the relationship between the factors of adaptation strategies and the impact of climate change among farmers in Southeast Asia. Climate change, a phenomenon that occurs over many years, has affected the lives of farmers in the agricultural sector. Therefore, it is essential to analyse the factors that affect farmer...
The east coast of Malaysia is frequently hit by monsoon floods every year that severely impact people, particularly those living close to the river bank, which is considered to be the most vulnerable and high-risk areas. We aim to determine the most vulnerable area and understand affected residents of this community who are living in the most sensi...
Landslides represent one of the world’s most dangerous and widespread risks, annually causing thousands of deaths and billions of dollars worth of damage. Building on and around hilly areas in many regions has increased, and it poses a severe threat to the physical infrastructure and people living within such zones. Quantitative assessment of socia...
Landslides represent one of the world’s most dangerous and widespread risks, annually causing thousands of deaths and billions of dollars worth of damage. Building on and around hilly areas in many regions has increased, and it poses a severe threat to the physical infrastructure and people living within such zones. Quantitative assessment of socia...
The east coast of Malaysia is frequently hit by monsoon floods every year that severely impact people, particularly those living close to the river bank, which is considered to be the most vulnerable and high-risk areas. We aim to determine the most vulnerable area and understand affected residents of this community who are living in the most sensi...
In global food market there exists a growing need for organic food and in this context country of origin is very crucial for consumers for organic food choice. The purpose of this paper is to explore the perception of consumers towards different country-of-origin organic food available in Malaysian market and their willingness-to-pay for these orga...
Monsoon floods that annually hit the east coast of Malaysia have brought a variety of implications, especially for those who inhabit the most vulnerable areas. This study aims to find the relationship between the socioeconomy of the community living and flood events in the district of Pekan, Pahang. This involved geographic analyses which combined...
The two horrible conditions ahead of time than the organizers worldwide are to diminish the stack at the conventional fills and to reduce the continually developing basic spoiling. This test is proposed to discover probably the execution of the DI diesel motor at various loads when fuelled with mixes of palm methyl esters and diesel. The primers ha...
The aim of this research is to test the Livelihood Vulnerability Index (LVI) in order to estimate climate change vulnerability to communities in Pahang. It will focus in particularly on two areas that are severely impacted by flooding namely Pekan and Temerloh. The data sample is taken from a survey of 402 households and it is based on their socio-...
Floods are one of the most common natural disasters worldwide. In Malaysia, floods cause significant economic damage and loss of human life. The frequency and magnitude of floods are increasing due to climate change and related anthropogenic activities. This study surveyed 280 respondents living in the Temerloh district which is in the midstream zo...
Floods are one of the most common natural disasters worldwide. In Malaysia, floods cause significant economic damage and loss of human life. The frequency and magnitude of floods are increasing due to climate change and related anthropogenic activities. This study surveyed 280 respondents living in the Temerloh district which is in the midstream zo...
Banjir merupakan bencana yang berlaku setiap tahun. Fenomena ini dilihat sebagai sesuatu yang biasa di Malaysia. Namun banjir yang berlaku pada akhir Disember 2014 merupakan banjir yang sangat besar pernah dialami dalam sejarah sehingga menyebabkan kerosakan teruk terutamanya di negeri Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang dan Perak. Kejadian banjir mendeda...
River flood exposes the population to multiple attacks from the physical, mental, health risks and its related negative effects. This study focused on the Pahang River and the three worst-hit district population (Pekan, Kuantan and Temerloh). Tools on areas of self-perceived health symptoms, QOL, depression, PTSD and community empowerment were asse...
Flood is one of the most common disasters in Malaysia especially during northeast monsoon season (November–March). This chapter analyses flood disaster management strategies in Pahang on preparations and vulnerabilities of the local communities along the Pahang River Basin, especially in Temerloh. In Malaysia, the National Security Council (MKN) is...
This chapter explores the ways in which residents in Pekan, Kuantan and Temerloh districts dealt with extreme floods in the Pahang River Basin. The data were based on a survey of 602 respondents who were affected by the floods, using a set of questionnaire in a face-to-face interview conducted in June 2015. Results of the study show that the flood...
Background and Objective: Though the Malaysian economy experienced a large reduction in the incidence of poverty during the last few decades, the rate of poverty is still high in several states of the country. This study aims to estimate the poverty rate at smaller areas such as districts in the state of Kelantan, Malaysia through poverty mapping....
This paper analyzes the determinants of cash-crop production efficiency among farmers in Malaysia. In the study area, IADP plays an important role to assist farmers through agricultural development. Despite the many privileges received by the farmers, especially from the government, they are still less efficient. This study adopts the Data Envelopm...
This study is an effort to explore and investigate the issues and challenging are facing rice production and food security in Malaysia. It is also to identify the contribution of the granary areas in East Coast Economic Region (ECER) to the national food security. The important of rice as a staple food crop of Malaysia and is grown on 673,745 ha of...
This study analyzes the pineapple production efficiency of the Integrated Agricultural Development Project (IADP) in Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia and also studies its determinants. In the study area, IADP plays an important role in rural development as a poverty alleviation program through agricultural development. Despite the many privileges recei...