The risk of high dependency towards middlemen among paddy farmers in Kampung Tedong, Merlimau, Melaka / Nur Juzita Md Fuzi

A middleman is a vital element in every business transaction in the world. The rapid growth of human population has made the farmers need to improve their agricultural production and in the same time protecting their income. Other than being as a service provider to the farmers, middlemen also give...

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Main Author: Md Fuzi, Nur Juzita
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology 2019
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/24418/
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description A middleman is a vital element in every business transaction in the world. The rapid growth of human population has made the farmers need to improve their agricultural production and in the same time protecting their income. Other than being as a service provider to the farmers, middlemen also give risks to farmers in every transaction as they might tend to exploits the farmers with their advantages and knowledge. This study examines the risk of high dependency towards middlemen among paddy farmers in Kampung Tedong, Merlimau, Malacca. A questionnaire and interviews were used to collect the data on the level of dependency towards middlemen. On the basis of data from 59 local farmers in Merlimau, Melaka, the preliminary result shows that several variables such as agricultural input handling, financial status and technology usage have an influence towards high dependency towards middlemen among paddy farmers in the area. The conclusion can also be drawn that despite of the risk that farmers might face while using the middlemen service, the farmers still highly depends on them especially when they are less expose to technology.
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spelling uitm-244182020-07-21T00:37:41Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/24418/ The risk of high dependency towards middlemen among paddy farmers in Kampung Tedong, Merlimau, Melaka / Nur Juzita Md Fuzi Md Fuzi, Nur Juzita Agricultural economics Rice workers. Rice farmers S Agriculture (General) Farmers A middleman is a vital element in every business transaction in the world. The rapid growth of human population has made the farmers need to improve their agricultural production and in the same time protecting their income. Other than being as a service provider to the farmers, middlemen also give risks to farmers in every transaction as they might tend to exploits the farmers with their advantages and knowledge. This study examines the risk of high dependency towards middlemen among paddy farmers in Kampung Tedong, Merlimau, Malacca. A questionnaire and interviews were used to collect the data on the level of dependency towards middlemen. On the basis of data from 59 local farmers in Merlimau, Melaka, the preliminary result shows that several variables such as agricultural input handling, financial status and technology usage have an influence towards high dependency towards middlemen among paddy farmers in the area. The conclusion can also be drawn that despite of the risk that farmers might face while using the middlemen service, the farmers still highly depends on them especially when they are less expose to technology. Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology 2019 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/24418/1/24418.pdf Md Fuzi, Nur Juzita (2019) The risk of high dependency towards middlemen among paddy farmers in Kampung Tedong, Merlimau, Melaka / Nur Juzita Md Fuzi. (2019) [Student Project] <http://terminalib.uitm.edu.my/24418.pdf> (Unpublished)
spellingShingle Agricultural economics
Rice workers. Rice farmers
S Agriculture (General)
Farmers
Md Fuzi, Nur Juzita
The risk of high dependency towards middlemen among paddy farmers in Kampung Tedong, Merlimau, Melaka / Nur Juzita Md Fuzi
title The risk of high dependency towards middlemen among paddy farmers in Kampung Tedong, Merlimau, Melaka / Nur Juzita Md Fuzi
title_full The risk of high dependency towards middlemen among paddy farmers in Kampung Tedong, Merlimau, Melaka / Nur Juzita Md Fuzi
title_fullStr The risk of high dependency towards middlemen among paddy farmers in Kampung Tedong, Merlimau, Melaka / Nur Juzita Md Fuzi
title_full_unstemmed The risk of high dependency towards middlemen among paddy farmers in Kampung Tedong, Merlimau, Melaka / Nur Juzita Md Fuzi
title_short The risk of high dependency towards middlemen among paddy farmers in Kampung Tedong, Merlimau, Melaka / Nur Juzita Md Fuzi
title_sort risk of high dependency towards middlemen among paddy farmers in kampung tedong, merlimau, melaka / nur juzita md fuzi
topic Agricultural economics
Rice workers. Rice farmers
S Agriculture (General)
Farmers
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/24418/