4IR towards national food security: Alignment with National Agrofood Policy 2.0 — Rais Hussin

MAY 25 — The sphere of national food security is an invaluable pillar of the overall national development strategy via its reciprocal link to other spheres of socio-economy.

Limitations on agrofood availability and the corresponding self-sufficiency levels reflects limitations of current capabilities , and this is where agronomy is being revolutionised through 4IR technologies. 4IR is prerequisite and necessary condition for food security. That is why, it is not surprising to see among those leading the Global Food Security Index , countries like Finland, Ireland, The Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Japan, Singapore and South Korea. These countries have long pledged technology to serve their societies in an all-encompassing way under the umbrella of"Society 5.0".

5. Successful countries build entire vibrant and healthy ecosystems around their agricultural sector infused with tech, including producers, financiers, policymakers, educators, and even consumers. To demonstrate how passionate a government can be about food security let’s look, for example, at our tiniest-land neighbour with stellar food security performance in Asia Pacific Region and worldwide—Singapore.

NAP 2.0 was developed in alignment and support of other national development agenda policies including Vision for Shared Prosperity 2030 and Malaysia’s Five Year Plan. For example, Japan despite being ranked number 9 in Global Food Security Index 2020 currently imports roughly 60 per cent of its food. However, it is among the Japan’s goals to increase food self-sufficiency rate to 45 per cent in 2030 on a calorie basis.

This is an inevitable transformation in the agriculture, animal husbandry, and aquaculture sector given the advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and the backdrop of growing population, reduced arable land, pollution of waterways, soil nutrient loss, increased public awareness on health and climate change issues.

Let’s look at some examples by other countries that have embarked on serious levels of agri-tech development. New Zealand recognises innovation and investment in agri-tech as an important part of their 10-year strategy for the primary sector.

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