Abstract
Problem statement: Modern farming methods like contract farming must emphasize on the need to practice sustainable agriculture so that it will lead towards the development of the agriculture sector. To do so, knowledge is paramount as this will enable the implementation of good agriculture practices. What is the current level of knowledge of contract farmers with regards to sustainable agriculture? Is there any difference in the level of knowledge between farmers from different zones? Thus, this study would like to investigate on the level of knowledge pertaining to sustainable agriculture practices between contract farmers from east and west Malaysian. Approach: This study used a survey methodology to obtain the data. A total of 160 respondents participated in the study and the data was analyzed using the SPSS software. Results: From the result, it was identified that the respondents were at a high level pertaining to their knowledge on sustainable agriculture. Further analysis showed that there is a significant difference in knowledge based on different zones. Conclusion: The study recommends that more efforts should be taken by respective stakeholders to further improve farmers’ knowledge regarding pest control, soil erosion and proper usage of machine for agriculture.
Highlights
People all around the world depend immensely on agriculture as one of the main sources to fulfill their basic needs and doubtlessly agriculture is pertinent for the survival of mankind
In terms of gender, there are more males working as contract farmers compared to females and it is not surprising as a number of previous studies have proven that there are more male workers in the agriculture sector compared to females (Shaffril et al, 2010)
In terms of level of education, 31.2% of them do not have any formal education while a total of 43.1% of contract farmers in west and east Malaysia possessed primary school level of education
Summary
People all around the world depend immensely on agriculture as one of the main sources to fulfill their basic needs and doubtlessly agriculture is pertinent for the survival of mankind. Sustainable agriculture is often cited to encompass of three main goals namely economic efficiency, environmental quality and social responsibility (D’Silva et al, 2011a). Sustainable agriculture has been seen as implement good agriculture practices in their contributor to generate more economic and quality life cultivation the crops to the farmers. Contract farming is the vertical to determine the level of knowledge on coordination between growers of an agricultural sustainable agriculture among various farmers in product and buyers or processors of that product. This study is designed to investigate on Contract farming can be defined as agricultural whether discrepancy in knowledge pertaining to production carried out according to a prior agreement in sustainable agriculture practices does exists between which the farmer commits to producing a given product contract farmers from east and west Malaysian.
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