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Attitude and knowledge on oil palm farm biodiversity and willingness to participate in sustainable palm oil certification among oil palm smallholders in Tanjung Karang, Selangor

Oil palm or scientifically known as Elaeis guineensis Jacq. is the most important commodity crop as compared to other crops in Malaysia. Oil palm smallholders play very important role in the Malaysia. There has been lack of studies on oil palm smallholder’s knowledge and attitude toward oil palm far...

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Main Author: Firdaus, Muhammad Abrisam
Format: Project Paper Report
Language:English
Published: 2016
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/79244/1/FH%202016%2079%20IR.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/79244/
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spelling my.upm.eprints.792442020-08-05T07:37:04Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/79244/ Attitude and knowledge on oil palm farm biodiversity and willingness to participate in sustainable palm oil certification among oil palm smallholders in Tanjung Karang, Selangor Firdaus, Muhammad Abrisam Oil palm or scientifically known as Elaeis guineensis Jacq. is the most important commodity crop as compared to other crops in Malaysia. Oil palm smallholders play very important role in the Malaysia. There has been lack of studies on oil palm smallholder’s knowledge and attitude toward oil palm farmland biodiversity and their willingness to participate in the sustainable palm oil certification scheme. There the objectives of study the biodiversity were to assess knowledge and attitude of oil palm smallholders toward biodiversity in oil palm smallholders, and examine their willingness to participate in sustainable palm oil certification scheme. This study was based on structured interviews with 50 oil palm in Tanjung Karang, Selangor. This study found that knowledge of oil palm smallholders on farm biodiversity was low and viewed biodiversity from a narrow perspective by focusing on pest animals while neglecting other species directly related to farmland biodiversity. In terms at attitude toward biodiversity, most of smallholders felt angry with wild animals and tend to chase the animal away from the farm. The study also found that all respondents willing to join sustainable palm oil certification but willing to pay a very slow annual certification fees. 2016-06-24 Project Paper Report NonPeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/79244/1/FH%202016%2079%20IR.pdf Firdaus, Muhammad Abrisam (2016) Attitude and knowledge on oil palm farm biodiversity and willingness to participate in sustainable palm oil certification among oil palm smallholders in Tanjung Karang, Selangor. [Project Paper Report]
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description Oil palm or scientifically known as Elaeis guineensis Jacq. is the most important commodity crop as compared to other crops in Malaysia. Oil palm smallholders play very important role in the Malaysia. There has been lack of studies on oil palm smallholder’s knowledge and attitude toward oil palm farmland biodiversity and their willingness to participate in the sustainable palm oil certification scheme. There the objectives of study the biodiversity were to assess knowledge and attitude of oil palm smallholders toward biodiversity in oil palm smallholders, and examine their willingness to participate in sustainable palm oil certification scheme. This study was based on structured interviews with 50 oil palm in Tanjung Karang, Selangor. This study found that knowledge of oil palm smallholders on farm biodiversity was low and viewed biodiversity from a narrow perspective by focusing on pest animals while neglecting other species directly related to farmland biodiversity. In terms at attitude toward biodiversity, most of smallholders felt angry with wild animals and tend to chase the animal away from the farm. The study also found that all respondents willing to join sustainable palm oil certification but willing to pay a very slow annual certification fees.
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author Firdaus, Muhammad Abrisam
spellingShingle Firdaus, Muhammad Abrisam
Attitude and knowledge on oil palm farm biodiversity and willingness to participate in sustainable palm oil certification among oil palm smallholders in Tanjung Karang, Selangor
author_facet Firdaus, Muhammad Abrisam
author_sort Firdaus, Muhammad Abrisam
title Attitude and knowledge on oil palm farm biodiversity and willingness to participate in sustainable palm oil certification among oil palm smallholders in Tanjung Karang, Selangor
title_short Attitude and knowledge on oil palm farm biodiversity and willingness to participate in sustainable palm oil certification among oil palm smallholders in Tanjung Karang, Selangor
title_full Attitude and knowledge on oil palm farm biodiversity and willingness to participate in sustainable palm oil certification among oil palm smallholders in Tanjung Karang, Selangor
title_fullStr Attitude and knowledge on oil palm farm biodiversity and willingness to participate in sustainable palm oil certification among oil palm smallholders in Tanjung Karang, Selangor
title_full_unstemmed Attitude and knowledge on oil palm farm biodiversity and willingness to participate in sustainable palm oil certification among oil palm smallholders in Tanjung Karang, Selangor
title_sort attitude and knowledge on oil palm farm biodiversity and willingness to participate in sustainable palm oil certification among oil palm smallholders in tanjung karang, selangor
publishDate 2016
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/79244/1/FH%202016%2079%20IR.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/79244/
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