Contribution of information and communication technology in increasing agro-based entrepreneurs productivity in Malaysia
ICT usage has become more relevant in the modern days and agriculture is one of the sectors that benefited from it. ICT without doubt is one of the main instruments in doubling agriculture productivity and agriculture community must be encouraged to utilize it wisely. This paper tends to know the pe...
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| author | Abu Samah, Bahaman Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Hassan, Md. Salleh Abu Hassan, Musa |
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| description | ICT usage has become more relevant in the modern days and agriculture is one of the sectors that benefited from it. ICT without doubt is one of the main instruments in doubling agriculture productivity and agriculture community must be encouraged to utilize it wisely. This paper tends to know the perception of Malaysia agro-based entreprenuers towards the contribution of ICT to their agro-business productivity. Moreover this paper try to discover the factors that affecting this perception. The respondents perceive moderate to high level of contribution of ICT towards their agro-based productivity. Result of the study also highlighted two variables (age & electronic media usage) that significantly influence perceived ICT contribution towards agro-based productivity. |
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| spelling | upm-60532017-07-26T03:18:53Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/6053/ Contribution of information and communication technology in increasing agro-based entrepreneurs productivity in Malaysia Abu Samah, Bahaman Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Hassan, Md. Salleh Abu Hassan, Musa ICT usage has become more relevant in the modern days and agriculture is one of the sectors that benefited from it. ICT without doubt is one of the main instruments in doubling agriculture productivity and agriculture community must be encouraged to utilize it wisely. This paper tends to know the perception of Malaysia agro-based entreprenuers towards the contribution of ICT to their agro-business productivity. Moreover this paper try to discover the factors that affecting this perception. The respondents perceive moderate to high level of contribution of ICT towards their agro-based productivity. Result of the study also highlighted two variables (age & electronic media usage) that significantly influence perceived ICT contribution towards agro-based productivity. Friends Science Publishers 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/6053/1/Contribution%20of%20information%20and%20communication%20technology%20in%20increasing%20agro.pdf Abu Samah, Bahaman and Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril and Hassan, Md. Salleh and Abu Hassan, Musa (2009) Contribution of information and communication technology in increasing agro-based entrepreneurs productivity in Malaysia. Journal of Agriculture and Social Sciences, 5 (3). pp. 93-97. ISSN 1813-2235; ESSN: 1814-960X http://www.fspublishers.org/Issue-JASS.php?categoryID=81 |
| spellingShingle | Abu Samah, Bahaman Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Hassan, Md. Salleh Abu Hassan, Musa Contribution of information and communication technology in increasing agro-based entrepreneurs productivity in Malaysia |
| title | Contribution of information and communication technology in
increasing agro-based entrepreneurs productivity in Malaysia |
| title_full | Contribution of information and communication technology in
increasing agro-based entrepreneurs productivity in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Contribution of information and communication technology in
increasing agro-based entrepreneurs productivity in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Contribution of information and communication technology in
increasing agro-based entrepreneurs productivity in Malaysia |
| title_short | Contribution of information and communication technology in
increasing agro-based entrepreneurs productivity in Malaysia |
| title_sort | contribution of information and communication technology in
increasing agro-based entrepreneurs productivity in malaysia |
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