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The attitude, belief, support and knowledge level of the youth and their acceptance towards agriculture contract farming

Problem statement: Agriculture sector in Malaysia has been intensified through the Eight and Ninth Malaysian Plan. In order to further develop this sector, contract farming activities such as leech rearing, worm rearing, herbs and mushroom have been introduced to the community. But do the communitie...

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Main Authors: Uli, Jegak, Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva, Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril, Abu Samah, Bahaman
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Language:English
Published: Science Publications 2010
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56724/1/jssp.2010.350.355.pdf
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spelling oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:56724 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56724/ The attitude, belief, support and knowledge level of the youth and their acceptance towards agriculture contract farming Uli, Jegak Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Abu Samah, Bahaman Problem statement: Agriculture sector in Malaysia has been intensified through the Eight and Ninth Malaysian Plan. In order to further develop this sector, contract farming activities such as leech rearing, worm rearing, herbs and mushroom have been introduced to the community. But do the communities especially the youth have a positive acceptance towards this activity? Approach: This was a quantitative study. The respondents were among two agriculture learning institutions in Malaysia. From a simple random sampling, a total of 194 respondents were selected. The data collection took two months to be completed. Results: From the multiple linear regression employed, it can be concluded that attitude, belief and knowledge are the significant contributor for acceptance towards contract farming. Conclusion/Recommendation: It is recommended that more studies can be conducted to inspect the complexities related with youths participation in contract farming and special attention should be highlighted to identify what universities can do in strategizing specific agricultural courses that would motivate youth to possess a better acceptance towards contract farming. Science Publications 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56724/1/jssp.2010.350.355.pdf Uli, Jegak and Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva and Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril and Abu Samah, Bahaman (2010) The attitude, belief, support and knowledge level of the youth and their acceptance towards agriculture contract farming. Journal of Social Sciences, 6 (3). pp. 350-355. ISSN 1549-3652; ESSN: 1558-6987 http://thescipub.com/abstract/10.3844/jssp.2010.350.355 10.3844/jssp.2010.350.355
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description Problem statement: Agriculture sector in Malaysia has been intensified through the Eight and Ninth Malaysian Plan. In order to further develop this sector, contract farming activities such as leech rearing, worm rearing, herbs and mushroom have been introduced to the community. But do the communities especially the youth have a positive acceptance towards this activity? Approach: This was a quantitative study. The respondents were among two agriculture learning institutions in Malaysia. From a simple random sampling, a total of 194 respondents were selected. The data collection took two months to be completed. Results: From the multiple linear regression employed, it can be concluded that attitude, belief and knowledge are the significant contributor for acceptance towards contract farming. Conclusion/Recommendation: It is recommended that more studies can be conducted to inspect the complexities related with youths participation in contract farming and special attention should be highlighted to identify what universities can do in strategizing specific agricultural courses that would motivate youth to possess a better acceptance towards contract farming.
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author Uli, Jegak
Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva
Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
Abu Samah, Bahaman
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Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva
Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
Abu Samah, Bahaman
The attitude, belief, support and knowledge level of the youth and their acceptance towards agriculture contract farming
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Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva
Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
Abu Samah, Bahaman
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title The attitude, belief, support and knowledge level of the youth and their acceptance towards agriculture contract farming
title_short The attitude, belief, support and knowledge level of the youth and their acceptance towards agriculture contract farming
title_full The attitude, belief, support and knowledge level of the youth and their acceptance towards agriculture contract farming
title_fullStr The attitude, belief, support and knowledge level of the youth and their acceptance towards agriculture contract farming
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