Factor influencing public participation in urban agriculture in Malaysia

As population grows, the need to provide more jobs and food are becoming more complex both economically and physically. Urban agriculture has drawn much attention in Malaysia to tackle problems caused by population growth, urbanization and food scarcity. This interest in urban agriculture in the cou...

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Main Authors:	Rezai, Golnaz, Shamsudin, Mad Nasir, Mohamed, Zainal Abidin, Sharifuddin, Juwaidah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2014
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spelling	upm-393272015-07-13T04:30:42Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39327/ Factor influencing public participation in urban agriculture in Malaysia Rezai, Golnaz Shamsudin, Mad Nasir Mohamed, Zainal Abidin Sharifuddin, Juwaidah As population grows, the need to provide more jobs and food are becoming more complex both economically and physically. Urban agriculture has drawn much attention in Malaysia to tackle problems caused by population growth, urbanization and food scarcity. This interest in urban agriculture in the country has set the scene to explore factors influencing public involvement in it. To gather information for this study a total of 640 households were interviewed via a structured questionnaire. Exploratory factor analysis was carried out and the results show that society recognition, attitude and the social impact of urban agriculture are the top three considerations for individuals participating in urban agricultural activities. 2014 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39327/1/39327.pdf Rezai, Golnaz and Shamsudin, Mad Nasir and Mohamed, Zainal Abidin and Sharifuddin, Juwaidah (2014) Factor influencing public participation in urban agriculture in Malaysia. In: International Conference on Advances in Economics, Social Science and Human Behaviour Study (ESHB 2014), 26-27 Aug. 2014, Hong Kong, China. (pp. 22-25). http://seekdl.org/nm.php?id=4046 10.15224/978-1-63248-027-9-39
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description	As population grows, the need to provide more jobs and food are becoming more complex both economically and physically. Urban agriculture has drawn much attention in Malaysia to tackle problems caused by population growth, urbanization and food scarcity. This interest in urban agriculture in the country has set the scene to explore factors influencing public involvement in it. To gather information for this study a total of 640 households were interviewed via a structured questionnaire. Exploratory factor analysis was carried out and the results show that society recognition, attitude and the social impact of urban agriculture are the top three considerations for individuals participating in urban agricultural activities.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Rezai, Golnaz Shamsudin, Mad Nasir Mohamed, Zainal Abidin Sharifuddin, Juwaidah
spellingShingle	Rezai, Golnaz Shamsudin, Mad Nasir Mohamed, Zainal Abidin Sharifuddin, Juwaidah Factor influencing public participation in urban agriculture in Malaysia
author_facet	Rezai, Golnaz Shamsudin, Mad Nasir Mohamed, Zainal Abidin Sharifuddin, Juwaidah
author_sort	Rezai, Golnaz
title	Factor influencing public participation in urban agriculture in Malaysia
title_short	Factor influencing public participation in urban agriculture in Malaysia
title_full	Factor influencing public participation in urban agriculture in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Factor influencing public participation in urban agriculture in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Factor influencing public participation in urban agriculture in Malaysia
title_sort	factor influencing public participation in urban agriculture in malaysia
publishDate	2014
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39327/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39327/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39327/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39327/1/39327.pdf
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Factor influencing public participation in urban agriculture in Malaysia

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