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APPLYING SEASONAL CLIMATE TRENDS TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN TANJUNG KARANG, MALAYSIA

Mohd Ekhwan Toriman1, Lee Qiao Yun2, Mohd Khairul Amri Kamarudin1, Nor Azlina Abdul Aziz1, Mazlin Mokhtar3, Rahmah Elfithri3 and Kampand Bhaktikul4
  • 1 East Coast Environmental Research Institute (ESERI), University Sultan Zainal Abidin, 21300 K.T, Terengganu, Malaysia
  • 2 Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, National University of Malaysia, Malaysia
  • 3 Institute for Environment and Development, National University of Malaysia, 43600, Bangi Selangor, Malaysia
  • 4 Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University, Salaya, Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand

Abstract

The North West Selangor Integrated Agriculture Development Agency (NWS-IADA) is the most productive agricultural part in Selangor, Malaysia. This is partly because of the inherent high fertility of the soils and the moderate variable climate. However, with increasing global concern about climate impacts, this article examines relative importance of climate influences on the paddy production rate over 28 years (1980-2008). Data collection involved compiling and analyzing climate records from auxiliary station MARDI, Tg. Karang, Malaysia (Station no. 44325, 24 m M.S.L) at the coordinates of N 03° 27’ 17" E 101° 09’ 24". The results indicate that the average rainfall recorded is 1, 765 mm which is similar to national rainfall trend. Meanwhile, the daily humidity varied between 94-96% (8.00 AM) and around 70% (2.00 PM) while the sunshine hours ranged between 2.3 to 9.5 h. A correlation analysis between the production yield and climatic data at the studied area for the year 2000-2008, showed that for precipitation; rainfall is redundant during the main season while during the off season it bears direct effect on the production yield with the R2 value of -0.293 and 0.1715, respectively; Sunshine hours and temperature demonstrate their importance to production yield as suggested with their respective R2 values.

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Volume 9 No. 1, 2014, 119-126

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajabssp.2014.119.126

Submitted On: 30 January 2013 Published On: 6 January 2014

How to Cite: Toriman, M. E., Yun, L. Q., Kamarudin, M. K. A., Aziz, N. A. A., Mokhtar, M., Elfithri, R. & Bhaktikul, K. (2014). APPLYING SEASONAL CLIMATE TRENDS TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN TANJUNG KARANG, MALAYSIA. American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 9(1), 119-126. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajabssp.2014.119.126

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Keywords

  • Weather Trend
  • Paddy Planting
  • Climate Trend
  • Agriculture
  • Irrigation