Determinants of paddy farmers demographic factors on unsustainability farm practices
Sustainable agriculture is closely related to farming practices. There are many farming practices such as land preparation, use of fertilizers and weedicides among other indicators of farming practices that lead to sustainable agriculture. In particular, weed and pest control are focal points for ce...
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| author | Terano, Rika Mohamed, Zainalabidin Sharifuddin, Juwaidah Ali, Fazlin |
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| description | Sustainable agriculture is closely related to farming practices. There are many farming practices such as land preparation, use of fertilizers and weedicides among other indicators of farming practices that lead to sustainable agriculture. In particular, weed and pest control are focal points for certain crops such as cotton, rice, vegetables, and fruit with heavily applied chemical inputs which cause unsustainability in farming. Among food crops, paddy requires enormous doses of fertilizers, weedicides, and pesticides to keep it healthy and productive. The objective of this study is to determine the factors that contribute to the unsustainability of paddy farming practices at field level via Paddy Farmer Sustainability Index (PFSI) based on the current 33 paddy farming practices. Tobit regression analysis found that knowledge and awareness played essential roles as the determinant of unsustainability level in paddy farming. |
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| spelling | upm-722132020-04-12T09:44:46Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72213/ Determinants of paddy farmers demographic factors on unsustainability farm practices Terano, Rika Mohamed, Zainalabidin Sharifuddin, Juwaidah Ali, Fazlin Sustainable agriculture is closely related to farming practices. There are many farming practices such as land preparation, use of fertilizers and weedicides among other indicators of farming practices that lead to sustainable agriculture. In particular, weed and pest control are focal points for certain crops such as cotton, rice, vegetables, and fruit with heavily applied chemical inputs which cause unsustainability in farming. Among food crops, paddy requires enormous doses of fertilizers, weedicides, and pesticides to keep it healthy and productive. The objective of this study is to determine the factors that contribute to the unsustainability of paddy farming practices at field level via Paddy Farmer Sustainability Index (PFSI) based on the current 33 paddy farming practices. Tobit regression analysis found that knowledge and awareness played essential roles as the determinant of unsustainability level in paddy farming. Auctores Publishing 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72213/1/Determinants%20of%20paddy%20farmer%E2%80%99s%20demographic%20factors%20on%20unsustainability%20farm%20practices%20.pdf Terano, Rika and Mohamed, Zainalabidin and Sharifuddin, Juwaidah and Ali, Fazlin (2018) Determinants of paddy farmers demographic factors on unsustainability farm practices. Journal of Pesticides and Biofertilizers, 1 (4). pp. 1-4. ISSN 2578-8825 https://www.auctoresonline.org/journals/pesticides-and-bio-fertilizers/archive/109 05.2018/16.10016 |
| spellingShingle | Terano, Rika Mohamed, Zainalabidin Sharifuddin, Juwaidah Ali, Fazlin Determinants of paddy farmers demographic factors on unsustainability farm practices |
| title | Determinants of paddy farmers demographic factors on unsustainability farm practices |
| title_full | Determinants of paddy farmers demographic factors on unsustainability farm practices |
| title_fullStr | Determinants of paddy farmers demographic factors on unsustainability farm practices |
| title_full_unstemmed | Determinants of paddy farmers demographic factors on unsustainability farm practices |
| title_short | Determinants of paddy farmers demographic factors on unsustainability farm practices |
| title_sort | determinants of paddy farmers demographic factors on unsustainability farm practices |
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