Effects of socio-economic factors on agricultural land use in Malaysia.

A study is conducted to investigate the effects of socio economic factors on agricultural land use in Malaysia. Relevant socio – economic variables for the study were aggregated from the databases of various international and national agencies such as FAO, Index Mundi and Malaysian Departments of Ag...

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Main Authors: Olaniyi, Akeem Olawale, Abdullah, Ahmad Makmom, Ramli, Mohammad Firuz, Mohd Sood, Alias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2011
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23928/
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author Olaniyi, Akeem Olawale
Abdullah, Ahmad Makmom
Ramli, Mohammad Firuz
Mohd Sood, Alias
author_facet Olaniyi, Akeem Olawale
Abdullah, Ahmad Makmom
Ramli, Mohammad Firuz
Mohd Sood, Alias
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description A study is conducted to investigate the effects of socio economic factors on agricultural land use in Malaysia. Relevant socio – economic variables for the study were aggregated from the databases of various international and national agencies such as FAO, Index Mundi and Malaysian Departments of Agriculture and Statistics. These data were subjected to statistical analysis using stepwise regression method in SPSS versi on 18. Findings indicated that, relevant socio – economic factors in agricultural land use i n Malaysia are available workforce in the population and their working conditions in the agricultural and non – agricultural sectors. This study has revealed that labour supply and their conditions of service are major factors in agricultural land use in Malaysia. This study further underscores the need for greater application labour saving technology in agricultural practices given the competition between agricultural and non – agricultural uses of available workforce in the population.
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spelling upm-239282013-11-19T10:13:40Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23928/ Effects of socio-economic factors on agricultural land use in Malaysia. Olaniyi, Akeem Olawale Abdullah, Ahmad Makmom Ramli, Mohammad Firuz Mohd Sood, Alias A study is conducted to investigate the effects of socio economic factors on agricultural land use in Malaysia. Relevant socio – economic variables for the study were aggregated from the databases of various international and national agencies such as FAO, Index Mundi and Malaysian Departments of Agriculture and Statistics. These data were subjected to statistical analysis using stepwise regression method in SPSS versi on 18. Findings indicated that, relevant socio – economic factors in agricultural land use i n Malaysia are available workforce in the population and their working conditions in the agricultural and non – agricultural sectors. This study has revealed that labour supply and their conditions of service are major factors in agricultural land use in Malaysia. This study further underscores the need for greater application labour saving technology in agricultural practices given the competition between agricultural and non – agricultural uses of available workforce in the population. 2011 Article PeerReviewed Olaniyi, Akeem Olawale and Abdullah, Ahmad Makmom and Ramli, Mohammad Firuz and Mohd Sood, Alias (2011) Effects of socio-economic factors on agricultural land use in Malaysia. Elixir Agriculture, 37 (-). pp. 3790-3797. ISSN 2229-712X English
spellingShingle Olaniyi, Akeem Olawale
Abdullah, Ahmad Makmom
Ramli, Mohammad Firuz
Mohd Sood, Alias
Effects of socio-economic factors on agricultural land use in Malaysia.
title Effects of socio-economic factors on agricultural land use in Malaysia.
title_full Effects of socio-economic factors on agricultural land use in Malaysia.
title_fullStr Effects of socio-economic factors on agricultural land use in Malaysia.
title_full_unstemmed Effects of socio-economic factors on agricultural land use in Malaysia.
title_short Effects of socio-economic factors on agricultural land use in Malaysia.
title_sort effects of socio-economic factors on agricultural land use in malaysia.
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23928/