| Abstrak/Abstract |
After reaching high export production in 2010, the quantity of honey export gradually declined and consumed more
imported honey until the year 2017 in Malaysia. This circumstance happened due to low yield in rearing common bees
from the local beekeepers. Stingless bees (Trigona) emerged as one of the alternative species that is expected to generate
the existing domestic supply of honey in Malaysia. Nevertheless, stingless bee farming is an infant industry and
requires more investigation from the economic finding, before suggesting massive commercialization. Hence, the study
aims to measure the level of competitiveness, comparative advantage, and government protection to stingless bees
farming in Malaysia using Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM). As a result, the industry has achieved a high competitiveness
level in the domestic and international markets. Nevertheless, the government still does not fully intervene, the effect
on the market liberalization is not visible to the whole stingless bees farming in Malaysia. Therefore, assistance from the
government through a policy intervention is urgently necessitated. |
