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Adaptation toward kenaf bioretting technology by farmers: evidence from Merchong, Pekan Pahang

Bio-retting technology currently introduced by National Kenaf and Tobacco Board (NKTB), aims to promote farmers producing long kenaf fibre. Conjunction to this, the aims of the study to explore factors that been identified such as farmers’ understanding, capability, perceive, and ability to perform...

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Main Authors: Zainal, Baharum, Nuruddin, Ahmad Ainuddin, Suandi, Turiman, Abdul Hamid, Hazandy, Mohd Jailani, Mohd Hambali
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Language:English
Published: University Community Transformation Centre, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2017
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/75467/1/AGREX-5.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.754672019-10-07T07:10:13Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/75467/ Adaptation toward kenaf bioretting technology by farmers: evidence from Merchong, Pekan Pahang Zainal, Baharum Nuruddin, Ahmad Ainuddin Suandi, Turiman Abdul Hamid, Hazandy Mohd Jailani, Mohd Hambali Bio-retting technology currently introduced by National Kenaf and Tobacco Board (NKTB), aims to promote farmers producing long kenaf fibre. Conjunction to this, the aims of the study to explore factors that been identified such as farmers’ understanding, capability, perceive, and ability to perform bio-retting technology. Farmers from five villages in Merchong, Pekan, Pahang were interviewed. From the four factors tested result on chi square test indicates that factor on farmers’ capable and ability shows significant difference at alpha 0.05 as compare to factors understanding and perceive. On the correlation test, Pearson’s correlation and Spearman Rho result shows that they were no correlation between farmers’ characteristic such as gender, income, education, and age. The result presented on correlation was not significance due to the sample size. For future suggested to more in-depth study by examine farmer’s attitude and behavioural component by testing psycho-social theory. University Community Transformation Centre, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2017 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/75467/1/AGREX-5.pdf Zainal, Baharum and Nuruddin, Ahmad Ainuddin and Suandi, Turiman and Abdul Hamid, Hazandy and Mohd Jailani, Mohd Hambali (2017) Adaptation toward kenaf bioretting technology by farmers: evidence from Merchong, Pekan Pahang. In: International Conference on Agricultural Extension (AGREX'17), 14-16 Feb. 2017, Conference Hall, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia. (pp. 81-92).
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description Bio-retting technology currently introduced by National Kenaf and Tobacco Board (NKTB), aims to promote farmers producing long kenaf fibre. Conjunction to this, the aims of the study to explore factors that been identified such as farmers’ understanding, capability, perceive, and ability to perform bio-retting technology. Farmers from five villages in Merchong, Pekan, Pahang were interviewed. From the four factors tested result on chi square test indicates that factor on farmers’ capable and ability shows significant difference at alpha 0.05 as compare to factors understanding and perceive. On the correlation test, Pearson’s correlation and Spearman Rho result shows that they were no correlation between farmers’ characteristic such as gender, income, education, and age. The result presented on correlation was not significance due to the sample size. For future suggested to more in-depth study by examine farmer’s attitude and behavioural component by testing psycho-social theory.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Zainal, Baharum
Nuruddin, Ahmad Ainuddin
Suandi, Turiman
Abdul Hamid, Hazandy
Mohd Jailani, Mohd Hambali
spellingShingle Zainal, Baharum
Nuruddin, Ahmad Ainuddin
Suandi, Turiman
Abdul Hamid, Hazandy
Mohd Jailani, Mohd Hambali
Adaptation toward kenaf bioretting technology by farmers: evidence from Merchong, Pekan Pahang
author_facet Zainal, Baharum
Nuruddin, Ahmad Ainuddin
Suandi, Turiman
Abdul Hamid, Hazandy
Mohd Jailani, Mohd Hambali
author_sort Zainal, Baharum
title Adaptation toward kenaf bioretting technology by farmers: evidence from Merchong, Pekan Pahang
title_short Adaptation toward kenaf bioretting technology by farmers: evidence from Merchong, Pekan Pahang
title_full Adaptation toward kenaf bioretting technology by farmers: evidence from Merchong, Pekan Pahang
title_fullStr Adaptation toward kenaf bioretting technology by farmers: evidence from Merchong, Pekan Pahang
title_full_unstemmed Adaptation toward kenaf bioretting technology by farmers: evidence from Merchong, Pekan Pahang
title_sort adaptation toward kenaf bioretting technology by farmers: evidence from merchong, pekan pahang
publisher University Community Transformation Centre, Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate 2017
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/75467/1/AGREX-5.pdf
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