Attitudes of Malaysian extension workers towards sustainable agricultural practices
The challenge of producing enough food for growing population increasingly affected Malaysian agricultural sector. Intensive farming system and increase in fertilizer used by farmers has led the agricultural sector to some environmental damage. The Department of Agriculture (DOA) has earmarked Susta...
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| author | Tiraieyari, Neda Hamzah, Azimi Abu Samah, Bahaman Uli, Jegak |
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| description | The challenge of producing enough food for growing population increasingly affected Malaysian agricultural sector. Intensive farming system and increase in fertilizer used by farmers has led the agricultural sector to some environmental damage. The Department of Agriculture (DOA) has earmarked Sustainable Agricultural Practices (SAP) to transfer unsustainable agriculture into a sustainable
manner. The SAP should be transferred by extension workers
to the farmers. However little is known about Malaysian extension workers’ attitudes towards SAP. Front line extension workers in the DOA were surveyed to identify their attitudes on SAP. A descriptive research design was used to collect data from 400 extension workers. Results revealed that extension workers have positive attitudes on SAP concepts. It is recommended to find out to what extent extension workers attitudes has played significant role to
transfer information to the farmers. |
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| spelling | upm-289592017-12-06T02:50:36Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28959/ Attitudes of Malaysian extension workers towards sustainable agricultural practices Tiraieyari, Neda Hamzah, Azimi Abu Samah, Bahaman Uli, Jegak The challenge of producing enough food for growing population increasingly affected Malaysian agricultural sector. Intensive farming system and increase in fertilizer used by farmers has led the agricultural sector to some environmental damage. The Department of Agriculture (DOA) has earmarked Sustainable Agricultural Practices (SAP) to transfer unsustainable agriculture into a sustainable manner. The SAP should be transferred by extension workers to the farmers. However little is known about Malaysian extension workers’ attitudes towards SAP. Front line extension workers in the DOA were surveyed to identify their attitudes on SAP. A descriptive research design was used to collect data from 400 extension workers. Results revealed that extension workers have positive attitudes on SAP concepts. It is recommended to find out to what extent extension workers attitudes has played significant role to transfer information to the farmers. Science Publications 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28959/1/ajessp.2013.33.37.pdf Tiraieyari, Neda and Hamzah, Azimi and Abu Samah, Bahaman and Uli, Jegak (2013) Attitudes of Malaysian extension workers towards sustainable agricultural practices. American Journal of Environmental Sciences, 9 (1). pp. 33-37. ISSN 1553-345X; ESSN: 1558-3910 http://thescipub.com/abstract/10.3844/ajessp.2013.33.37 10.3844/ajessp.2013.33.37 |
| spellingShingle | Tiraieyari, Neda Hamzah, Azimi Abu Samah, Bahaman Uli, Jegak Attitudes of Malaysian extension workers towards sustainable agricultural practices |
| title | Attitudes of Malaysian extension workers towards sustainable agricultural practices |
| title_full | Attitudes of Malaysian extension workers towards sustainable agricultural practices |
| title_fullStr | Attitudes of Malaysian extension workers towards sustainable agricultural practices |
| title_full_unstemmed | Attitudes of Malaysian extension workers towards sustainable agricultural practices |
| title_short | Attitudes of Malaysian extension workers towards sustainable agricultural practices |
| title_sort | attitudes of malaysian extension workers towards sustainable agricultural practices |
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