Changes in food consumption expenditure in Malaysia
In rapidly developing Asian countries, food consumption has drastically expanded and diversified. Trends in Malaysian food consumption are typical of those of developing countries. The overriding objective of this article, therefore, was to explore the structural changes in food consumption expendit...
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| description | In rapidly developing Asian countries, food consumption has drastically expanded and diversified. Trends in Malaysian food consumption are typical of those of developing countries. The overriding objective of this article, therefore, was to explore the structural changes in food consumption expenditure in West Malaysia after the early 1970s when its food consumption diversified under rapid economic growth and urbanization. We have estimated Engel's expenditure elasticities for food items using aggregated cross‐sectional data from the Household Expenditure Survey. Our estimated results clearly indicate that while the expenditure elasticities of away‐from‐home food, and the elasticities of at‐home expenditures for meat, fruits and vegetables, milk and dairy products are relatively high, those of rice and sugar are low. This suggests that the food expenditure structure in West Malaysia has diversified, adding meat, fruits and vegetables, milk and dairy products to the most dominant food item, rice. Moreover, it is likely that the share of food away from home will increase with income enhancement and urbanization due mainly to economic growth. |
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| spelling | upm-403942024-08-05T06:12:29Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40394/ Changes in food consumption expenditure in Malaysia Ishida, Akira Law, Siong Hook Aita, Yoshihisa In rapidly developing Asian countries, food consumption has drastically expanded and diversified. Trends in Malaysian food consumption are typical of those of developing countries. The overriding objective of this article, therefore, was to explore the structural changes in food consumption expenditure in West Malaysia after the early 1970s when its food consumption diversified under rapid economic growth and urbanization. We have estimated Engel's expenditure elasticities for food items using aggregated cross‐sectional data from the Household Expenditure Survey. Our estimated results clearly indicate that while the expenditure elasticities of away‐from‐home food, and the elasticities of at‐home expenditures for meat, fruits and vegetables, milk and dairy products are relatively high, those of rice and sugar are low. This suggests that the food expenditure structure in West Malaysia has diversified, adding meat, fruits and vegetables, milk and dairy products to the most dominant food item, rice. Moreover, it is likely that the share of food away from home will increase with income enhancement and urbanization due mainly to economic growth. Wiley Periodicals 2003 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40394/1/Changes%20in%20food%20consumption%20expenditure%20in%20Malaysia.pdf text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40394/7/Agribusiness%20-%202003%20-%20Ishida%20-%20Changes%20in%20food%20consumption%20expenditure%20in%20Malaysia.pdf Ishida, Akira and Law, Siong Hook and Aita, Yoshihisa (2003) Changes in food consumption expenditure in Malaysia. Agribusiness, 19 (1). pp. 61-76. ISSN 0742-4477 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/agr.10038 10.1002/agr.10038 |
| spellingShingle | Ishida, Akira Law, Siong Hook Aita, Yoshihisa Changes in food consumption expenditure in Malaysia |
| title | Changes in food consumption expenditure in Malaysia |
| title_full | Changes in food consumption expenditure in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Changes in food consumption expenditure in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Changes in food consumption expenditure in Malaysia |
| title_short | Changes in food consumption expenditure in Malaysia |
| title_sort | changes in food consumption expenditure in malaysia |
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