The role of national food security in a massive pandemic: The case of COVID-19
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2021
Abstract
This paper proposes the national pandemics contingency plan for any country based on the application of the minimum food, water & medication storage for a massive pandemic quota (psi-Quota). Consequently, the main objective the psi-Quota is to calculate the approximate amount of food, water, and medicines storage amount annually in case of a possible massive pandemic crisis. Finally, this paper is divided into three sections: (i) the minimum food, water, and medicine quota storage calculation in case of a massive pandemic; (ii) the food, water, and medicine storage quota for a massive pandemic; (iii) the geographical distribution and mapping of the emergency aid supplier's modules in case of a massive pandemic for any country. Finally, the psi-Quota was applied on the case of Malaysia.
Keywords
Pandemics, Food security, Economic development, COVID-19
Divisions
deputyresearch
Publication Title
International Journal of Business and Society
Volume
22
Issue
1
Publisher
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak