Overview
Malaysia
achieved Self-Sufficiency Ratio (SSR) for 23 selected agricultural items, which
surpassed 100 per cent
The compilation of SUA
encompasses the selected agricultural commodities refers to three categories, namely crops (fruits, vegetables and others), livestock and fisheries. In 2022,
a total of 54 agricultural commodities including four new items which include
apple, onion, garlic and shallot were covered and 23 of them recorded
self-sufficiency ratio (SSR) more than 100.0 per cent.
Crops
§ Selected Fruits
Out of 15 Selected Fruits, eight fruits is sufficient to fulfill
domestic demand with SSR value exceeding 100.0 per cent. SSR that reaches 100.0
per cent and above indicates that the production is sufficient to meet domestic
needs. Papaya recorded the highest SSR, 142.3 per cent (2021: 146.9%), followed by watermelon, 131.9 per cent (2021:
139.5%) and starfruit,
120.2 per cent (2021: 116.9%).
§ Selected Vegetables
Seven types of selected vegetables are sufficient for domestic needs
namely tomato, 118.0 per cent (2021: 118.9%); cucumber, 110.6 per cent
(2021:111.7%); spinach, 109.6 per cent (2021: 112.0%); lettuce, 107.3 per cent
(2021: 107.5%); long bean, 106.6 per cent (2021: 109.3%); brinjal, 106.6 per
cent (2021: 109.6%); and lady's finger, 103.4 per cent (2021: 104.3%).
§ Other Selected Crops
Only the supply of sugarcane and cassava for other selected crops is
sufficient, with each recording SSR of 144.6 and 100.5 percent respectively.
Livestock
Livestock
commodity which recorded SSR of more than 100.0 per cent in 2022 were duck meat
and chicken/ duck egg. Duck meat recorded the highest SSR at 130.2 per
cent (2021: 130.6%), and chicken/ duck egg (2022:
108.9%; 2021: 114.4%)
Fisheries
Only
four fisheries items recorded SSR of 100.0 per cent and more namely seabass, 116.5 per cent (2021:114.1%); freshwater catfish, 102.2 per cent (2021:
108.3%); tuna, 100.9 per cent (2021: 98.8%); and river catfish, 100.0 per cent
(2021: 100.0%).
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