EXPLORING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACTS ON MALAYSIAN RURAL SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN KUCHING, SARAWAK
The current study aims to explore the Coronovirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic impacts on Malaysian rural smallholder farmers in Kuching, Sarawak. Purposive sampling was employed and a qualitative descriptive approach was adopted. This study centred on a group of rural smallholder farmers actively par...
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my.unimas.ir.458752024-09-03T06:39:42Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/45875/ EXPLORING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACTS ON MALAYSIAN RURAL SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN KUCHING, SARAWAK Cheah, Whye Lian Myat, Su Bo Angel Wong, Yi Wen Nur Fatini Amni, Mohd Fauzi Mohammad Shahrulnizam, Hatity Azyan Hannany, Aseri Yeo, Zhi Sheng RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine The current study aims to explore the Coronovirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic impacts on Malaysian rural smallholder farmers in Kuching, Sarawak. Purposive sampling was employed and a qualitative descriptive approach was adopted. This study centred on a group of rural smallholder farmers actively participating in a food assistance programme for impoverished urban communities in Kuching. The farmers played a pivotal role in supplying vegetables and crops for the food assistance programme. The data were collected through semi-structured individual in-depth interviews. A thematic analysis was conducted, which revealed several major themes, namely the challenges encountered by smallholder farmers during the pandemic, the responses to the crisis, the recovery strategies, and subsequent plans. The current study not only enriched the understanding of the challenges encountered by rural smallholder farmers but also determined the underlying issues. The insights could serve as a foundation for developing specific solutions by relevant authorities to address rural smallholder farmers’ respective needs. Universiti Malaya 2024-08-01 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/45875/1/Farmers%20COVID%2019%20JUMEEC%202024.pdf Cheah, Whye Lian and Myat, Su Bo and Angel Wong, Yi Wen and Nur Fatini Amni, Mohd Fauzi and Mohammad Shahrulnizam, Hatity and Azyan Hannany, Aseri and Yeo, Zhi Sheng (2024) EXPLORING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACTS ON MALAYSIAN RURAL SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN KUCHING, SARAWAK. Journal of Health and Translational Medicine, 27 (2). pp. 83-92. ISSN 2289-392X https://mjs.um.edu.my/index.php/jummec/article/view/43041 https://doi.org/10.22452/jummec.vol27no2.10 |
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The current study aims to explore the Coronovirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic impacts on Malaysian rural smallholder
farmers in Kuching, Sarawak. Purposive sampling was employed and a qualitative descriptive approach was adopted.
This study centred on a group of rural smallholder farmers actively participating in a food assistance programme for
impoverished urban communities in Kuching. The farmers played a pivotal role in supplying vegetables and crops for
the food assistance programme. The data were collected through semi-structured individual in-depth interviews.
A thematic analysis was conducted, which revealed several major themes, namely the challenges encountered
by smallholder farmers during the pandemic, the responses to the crisis, the recovery strategies, and subsequent
plans. The current study not only enriched the understanding of the challenges encountered by rural smallholder
farmers but also determined the underlying issues. The insights could serve as a foundation for developing specific
solutions by relevant authorities to address rural smallholder farmers’ respective needs. |
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EXPLORING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACTS ON MALAYSIAN RURAL SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN KUCHING, SARAWAK |
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EXPLORING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACTS ON MALAYSIAN RURAL SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN KUCHING, SARAWAK |
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EXPLORING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACTS ON MALAYSIAN RURAL SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN KUCHING, SARAWAK |
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EXPLORING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACTS ON MALAYSIAN RURAL SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN KUCHING, SARAWAK |
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EXPLORING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACTS ON MALAYSIAN RURAL SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN KUCHING, SARAWAK |
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exploring the covid-19 pandemic impacts on malaysian rural smallholder farmers in kuching, sarawak |
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