Malaysian contract farmers’ attitude towards sustainable agriculture

This study attempts to discover the attitude of contract farmers towards sustainable agriculture. A total of 326 contract farmers from four selected states in Malaysia were randomly selected as the respondents for this study. The findings reveal that the contract farmers surveyed have a favourab...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Abu Samah, Bahaman, D’Silva, Jeffrey Lawrence, Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril, Man, Norsida, Azman, Azmariana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: TextRoad Publication 2012
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53614/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53614/1/Malaysian%20contract%20farmers%20attitude%20towards%20sustainable%20agriculture.pdf
_version_ 1848852330054680576
author Abu Samah, Bahaman
D’Silva, Jeffrey Lawrence
Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
Man, Norsida
Azman, Azmariana
author_facet Abu Samah, Bahaman
D’Silva, Jeffrey Lawrence
Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
Man, Norsida
Azman, Azmariana
author_sort Abu Samah, Bahaman
building UPM Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description This study attempts to discover the attitude of contract farmers towards sustainable agriculture. A total of 326 contract farmers from four selected states in Malaysia were randomly selected as the respondents for this study. The findings reveal that the contract farmers surveyed have a favourable attitude towards contract farming. Inferential statistics unveiled that two demographic factors, namely zone and race, show significant differences in terms of attitude towards sustainable agriculture, while age was found to be negatively correlated with it. It is recommended that more courses and seminars should be conducted to further promote favourable attitudes towards sustainable development among contract farmers, and that access to financial support and knowledge of sustainable agriculture should be increased. In addition, to add our understanding on farmers’ attitudes towards sustainable agriculture, more research should be conducted in this area.
first_indexed 2025-11-15T10:36:21Z
format Article
id upm-53614
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
institution_category Local University
language English
last_indexed 2025-11-15T10:36:21Z
publishDate 2012
publisher TextRoad Publication
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling upm-536142018-06-07T00:37:01Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53614/ Malaysian contract farmers’ attitude towards sustainable agriculture Abu Samah, Bahaman D’Silva, Jeffrey Lawrence Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Man, Norsida Azman, Azmariana This study attempts to discover the attitude of contract farmers towards sustainable agriculture. A total of 326 contract farmers from four selected states in Malaysia were randomly selected as the respondents for this study. The findings reveal that the contract farmers surveyed have a favourable attitude towards contract farming. Inferential statistics unveiled that two demographic factors, namely zone and race, show significant differences in terms of attitude towards sustainable agriculture, while age was found to be negatively correlated with it. It is recommended that more courses and seminars should be conducted to further promote favourable attitudes towards sustainable development among contract farmers, and that access to financial support and knowledge of sustainable agriculture should be increased. In addition, to add our understanding on farmers’ attitudes towards sustainable agriculture, more research should be conducted in this area. TextRoad Publication 2012 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53614/1/Malaysian%20contract%20farmers%20attitude%20towards%20sustainable%20agriculture.pdf Abu Samah, Bahaman and D’Silva, Jeffrey Lawrence and Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril and Man, Norsida and Azman, Azmariana (2012) Malaysian contract farmers’ attitude towards sustainable agriculture. Journal of Basic and Applied Scientific Research, 2 (9). pp. 9205-9210. ISSN 2090-4304; ESSN: 2090-424X http://www.textroad.com/JBASR-September,%202012(3).html
spellingShingle Abu Samah, Bahaman
D’Silva, Jeffrey Lawrence
Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
Man, Norsida
Azman, Azmariana
Malaysian contract farmers’ attitude towards sustainable agriculture
title Malaysian contract farmers’ attitude towards sustainable agriculture
title_full Malaysian contract farmers’ attitude towards sustainable agriculture
title_fullStr Malaysian contract farmers’ attitude towards sustainable agriculture
title_full_unstemmed Malaysian contract farmers’ attitude towards sustainable agriculture
title_short Malaysian contract farmers’ attitude towards sustainable agriculture
title_sort malaysian contract farmers’ attitude towards sustainable agriculture
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53614/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53614/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53614/1/Malaysian%20contract%20farmers%20attitude%20towards%20sustainable%20agriculture.pdf