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Organic farming and sustainable agriculture in Malaysia: organic farmers' challenges towards adoption

Agriculture in Malaysia is characterised by high levels of fertiliser and manure applications and consequently environmental pollution. Sustainable agriculture and organic farming are being promoted by the government as a way of eliminating unsustainable agriculture. Despite the benefits that organi...

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Main Authors: Tiraieyari, Neda, Hamzah, Azimi, Abu Samah, Bahaman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53305/1/Organic%20farming%20and%20sustainable%20agriculture%20in%20Malaysia.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.533052018-10-05T04:16:34Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53305/ Organic farming and sustainable agriculture in Malaysia: organic farmers' challenges towards adoption Tiraieyari, Neda Hamzah, Azimi Abu Samah, Bahaman Agriculture in Malaysia is characterised by high levels of fertiliser and manure applications and consequently environmental pollution. Sustainable agriculture and organic farming are being promoted by the government as a way of eliminating unsustainable agriculture. Despite the benefits that organic farming brings to farmers and environments, its adoption rate is still low among Malaysian farmers. A study of organic farmers in the Cameron Highlands was conducted to reveal the challenges that have been occurred with regard to adoption of the practice. The results indicate that organic farmers face challenges with regard to land tenure, certification processes, hiring foreign workers, marketing, training and extension services and governmental support. Issues and challenges were discussed. The paper concludes with some recommendations. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2014 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53305/1/Organic%20farming%20and%20sustainable%20agriculture%20in%20Malaysia.pdf Tiraieyari, Neda and Hamzah, Azimi and Abu Samah, Bahaman (2014) Organic farming and sustainable agriculture in Malaysia: organic farmers' challenges towards adoption. Asian Social Science, 10 (4). pp. 1-7. ISSN 1911-2017; ESSN: 1911-2025 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/view/33783 10.5539/ass.v10n4p1
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description Agriculture in Malaysia is characterised by high levels of fertiliser and manure applications and consequently environmental pollution. Sustainable agriculture and organic farming are being promoted by the government as a way of eliminating unsustainable agriculture. Despite the benefits that organic farming brings to farmers and environments, its adoption rate is still low among Malaysian farmers. A study of organic farmers in the Cameron Highlands was conducted to reveal the challenges that have been occurred with regard to adoption of the practice. The results indicate that organic farmers face challenges with regard to land tenure, certification processes, hiring foreign workers, marketing, training and extension services and governmental support. Issues and challenges were discussed. The paper concludes with some recommendations.
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author Tiraieyari, Neda
Hamzah, Azimi
Abu Samah, Bahaman
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Hamzah, Azimi
Abu Samah, Bahaman
Organic farming and sustainable agriculture in Malaysia: organic farmers' challenges towards adoption
author_facet Tiraieyari, Neda
Hamzah, Azimi
Abu Samah, Bahaman
author_sort Tiraieyari, Neda
title Organic farming and sustainable agriculture in Malaysia: organic farmers' challenges towards adoption
title_short Organic farming and sustainable agriculture in Malaysia: organic farmers' challenges towards adoption
title_full Organic farming and sustainable agriculture in Malaysia: organic farmers' challenges towards adoption
title_fullStr Organic farming and sustainable agriculture in Malaysia: organic farmers' challenges towards adoption
title_full_unstemmed Organic farming and sustainable agriculture in Malaysia: organic farmers' challenges towards adoption
title_sort organic farming and sustainable agriculture in malaysia: organic farmers' challenges towards adoption
publisher Canadian Center of Science and Education
publishDate 2014
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53305/1/Organic%20farming%20and%20sustainable%20agriculture%20in%20Malaysia.pdf
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