TY - JFULL AU - M. Salehuddin Mohd Zahari and N. Mohd Shahril Nik Mohd Nor and H. Abdul Hadi and M. Zulhilmi Suhaimi PY - 2014/8/ TI - The Effect of Displacement on Indigenous Tribes’ Socio-Culture and Food Practices T2 - International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences SP - 2361 EP - 2368 VL - 8 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9999579 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 91, 2014 N2 - This paper reports the empirical investigation on the effect of involuntary displacement of indigenous tribes on their sociocultural and food practices. A descriptive research design using the quantitative approach was applied and individual of indigenous tribes as unit of analysis. Through a self-administered survey among two selected Malaysia indigenous tribes, one hundred fifty questionnaires were successfully collected. With the application of descriptive and inferential statistic some useful insights pertaining to the issue investigated was significantly obtained. Findings revealed that improvement on the socio-culture, economy and knowledge is apparent on the indigenous groups’ resulted from displacement program. Displacement also has a slight impact on indigenous groups’ food practices. These positive indications provide significant implications, not only for the indigenous groups themselves, but also for the responsible authorities. ER -