Abstract
Problem statement: Agriculture sector in Malaysia has been intensified through the Eight and Ninth Malaysian Plan. In order to further develop this sector, contract farming activities such as leech rearing, worm rearing, herbs and mushroom have been introduced to the community. But do the communities especially the youth have a positive acceptance towards this activity? Approach: This was a quantitative study. The respondents were among two agriculture learning institutions in Malaysia. From a simple random sampling, a total of 194 respondents were selected. The data collection took two months to be completed. Results: From the multiple linear regression employed, it can be concluded that attitude, belief and knowledge are the significant contributor for acceptance towards contract farming. Conclusion/Recommendation: It is recommended that more studies can be conducted to inspect the complexities related with youths participation in contract farming and special attention should be highlighted to identify what universities can do in strategizing specific agricultural courses that would motivate youth to possess a better acceptance towards contract farming.
Highlights
The agriculture sector in Malaysia has recorded an encouraging growth during the Eight Malaysian Plan
The focus will be on new agriculture which will emphasize more on large-scale commercial farming, use of modern technology, producing high quality and value-added products, unleash the advantage of biotechnology on agriculture, enhance convergence with Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and enhance the involvement of entrepreneurial farmers and skilled workforce
Objectives of study: The main purpose of this study is to gain an improved understanding of the factors that help to explain the variation of acceptance towards contract farming among youth
Summary
The agriculture sector in Malaysia has recorded an encouraging growth during the Eight Malaysian Plan. During this period, the export of agriculture productivity has expanded significantly due to a better price of export volume on agriculture industrial commodities. The export of agriculture productivity has expanded significantly due to a better price of export volume on agriculture industrial commodities This sector has persistently provided the raw materials demanded by domestic agro-based industry and not to forget to fulfill the nations food demand. In the Ninth Malaysian period, this sector will be intensified as the third income generator for the country. The roles of agricultural agencies will be intensified to strengthen the service delivery and efficiency
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