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Roles of youth towards agricultural practice in Malaysia

Nowadays, agriculture becomes a very important field in our country. It is expected that the income generated by agricultural industry will increase year by year. In order to achieve this, extension agents especially young generation plays important roles in educating farmers by encouraging them to...

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Main Authors: Arif Shah, Jasmin, Asmuni, Azizan, Ismail, Azahari
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Institute for Social Science Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/65050/1/ICYOUTH2013-2.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.650502018-09-03T04:49:21Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/65050/ Roles of youth towards agricultural practice in Malaysia Arif Shah, Jasmin Asmuni, Azizan Ismail, Azahari Nowadays, agriculture becomes a very important field in our country. It is expected that the income generated by agricultural industry will increase year by year. In order to achieve this, extension agents especially young generation plays important roles in educating farmers by encouraging them to learn, adopt new technologies and spread them to other farmers. To ensure the success of extension program, the agents should recognize their roles as change agents (as a catalyst, solution giver, process helper, and resource linker) and have ability to acquire competencies to accomplish these roles. Thus, this study aims to explore the level of roles among youth as extension agents. This study uses a quantitative survey methodology and self-administered questionnaires. A total of 92 young extension agents had participated. Farmers, policy makers, researchers, academics and people working in agriculture can learn a great deal about what individuals and institutions need to do to develop farmers, personally and professionally. Institute for Social Science Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2013 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/65050/1/ICYOUTH2013-2.pdf Arif Shah, Jasmin and Asmuni, Azizan and Ismail, Azahari (2013) Roles of youth towards agricultural practice in Malaysia. In: International Conference on Youth 2013 (ICYOUTH 2013), 29-31 Oct. 2013, Mines Wellness Hotel, Sri Kembangan, Selangor. .
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description Nowadays, agriculture becomes a very important field in our country. It is expected that the income generated by agricultural industry will increase year by year. In order to achieve this, extension agents especially young generation plays important roles in educating farmers by encouraging them to learn, adopt new technologies and spread them to other farmers. To ensure the success of extension program, the agents should recognize their roles as change agents (as a catalyst, solution giver, process helper, and resource linker) and have ability to acquire competencies to accomplish these roles. Thus, this study aims to explore the level of roles among youth as extension agents. This study uses a quantitative survey methodology and self-administered questionnaires. A total of 92 young extension agents had participated. Farmers, policy makers, researchers, academics and people working in agriculture can learn a great deal about what individuals and institutions need to do to develop farmers, personally and professionally.
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author Arif Shah, Jasmin
Asmuni, Azizan
Ismail, Azahari
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Asmuni, Azizan
Ismail, Azahari
Roles of youth towards agricultural practice in Malaysia
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Asmuni, Azizan
Ismail, Azahari
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title Roles of youth towards agricultural practice in Malaysia
title_short Roles of youth towards agricultural practice in Malaysia
title_full Roles of youth towards agricultural practice in Malaysia
title_fullStr Roles of youth towards agricultural practice in Malaysia
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publisher Institute for Social Science Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia
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url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/65050/1/ICYOUTH2013-2.pdf
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