China has historically strived for self-sufficiency in domestic food production. In 1996, the government issued a white paper that established a 95 percent self-sufficiency target for grains including rice, wheat, and corn. China’s domestic production has for the most part risen to meet the country’s growing demand.

Food and Agriculture Organization, very few countries qualify. The only country in Europe that’s self-sufficient is France. Other countries in the exclusive club of self sufficiency: Canada, Australia, Russia, India, Argentina, Burma, Thailand, the U.S. and a few small others.

The European sustainable development think-tank IDDRI has a 10 year plan to get the continent on a track towards sustainable agriculture, while producing ample food to provide a healthy diet to 530 million Europeans.

The United States imports only 20 percent of the food consumed, so it is actually not a huge number. The reason for this is that the U.S. is capable of producing a large variety of foods. It is extremely self-sufficient when it comes to food.

With only 5 percent of the land under cultivation, Italy is not self-sufficient in agricultural products, yet it enjoys an abundance of agricultural resources. In addition, Italian agriculture is suffering from changes in the climate and very poor management of the land.

Food security is defined as “the access for all people at all times to enough food for a health, active life” (FAO, 1996). In contrast, food self-sufficiency is defined as being able to meet consumption needs (particularly for staple food crops) from own production rather than by buying or importing.

“Sweden has no food contingency. The level of self-sufficiency is low. Around 50 percent of what we consume is bought in from the EU, or imported from other countries outside the EU,” Civilförsvarsförbundet chairperson Sven Lindgren told The Local. “You can increase food production within Sweden.

There is more than enough supply of local fruits and vegetables. He said the country had reached a self-sufficiency level of more than 100% for local fruits and vegetables, except for mangoes, coconuts, cabbage, chillies and ginger. …

Palm oil, rubber, cocoa, and wood products account for around half of the output while other significant contributors include tropical fruits and rice. Malaysia is the world’s second largest palm oil producer and exporter after Indonesia.

Recent figures show that Malaysia’s food imports rose to RM54 billion in 2018 from RM43 billion in 2013. The figure is likely higher now. It is a given that no country in the world is able to be 100% self-sufficient in all food crops.

At this current level, Malaysia will only hit 2.6 million tonnes of rice in 2015, a rice productivity of 3.8 ton ha-1 and a rice yield per capita of 82.3 kg per capita. All this translates to an expected self-sufficiency level of only 78% in 2015.

The Definitions of Self-Sufficient Community and Collective Living. The definition of being self-sufficient is being able to fulfill one’s own needs without help from others while the term community means people living in one place, like district or city and considered as a whole (Oxford Advanced Dictionary, 2001).

Malaysia is the 5th largest market in Southeast Asia for the export of U.S. processed food products, totaling US$461.4 million in 2020, growth of 5% and a record high.

Malaysia’s main imports are: electrical and electronic products (29.4 percent), chemicals (9.5 percent), petroleum products (9.3 percent) and machinery, appliances and parts (8.7 percent).

India’s export products to Malaysia consisting of textures, machinery and instruments, electronic goods and metal manufactures, fresh vegetables and fruits, cotton yarn, meat products, sugar, rice (other than basmati), wheat, RMG cotton and accessories, primary and semi-finished iron, made-ups.

Malaysia’s tariffs are typically imposed on a value-add basis, with a simple average applied tariff of 6.1 percent for industrial goods. For certain goods, such as alcohol, wine, poultry, and pork, Malaysia charges specific duties that represent incredibly high effective tariff rates.