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Environmental sustainability through agriculture: perspectives of extension agents on adoption of sustainable practices

Agriculture is an integral part of the world's economy and global food security, but excessive use of fertilizer and improper use of pesticides are harmful to the environment. This creates the importance of encouraging farmers to practice sustainable agriculture to decrease environmental impact...

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Main Authors: Sulaiman, Nazia Khalida, Misnan, Siti Hajar
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Language:English
Published: 2022
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spelling my.utm.1036912023-11-23T08:16:57Z http://eprints.utm.my/103691/ Environmental sustainability through agriculture: perspectives of extension agents on adoption of sustainable practices Sulaiman, Nazia Khalida Misnan, Siti Hajar NA9000-9284 City planning Agriculture is an integral part of the world's economy and global food security, but excessive use of fertilizer and improper use of pesticides are harmful to the environment. This creates the importance of encouraging farmers to practice sustainable agriculture to decrease environmental impacts and conserve natural resources. Increasing the rate of adoption requires an understanding of the farmer's process of transition from conventional to sustainable agriculture. Extension agents play an important role as they are trained to provide information towards the process of transition. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to explore barriers to the adoption of sustainable agriculture through the perspectives of extension agents that worked with farmers. This qualitative study is based on in-depth interviews with 20 extension agents from the agricultural department in Johor, gathered through purposive sampling. Three stages of deductive content analysis were used, consisting of preparation, organizing, and reporting phases. The process of coding was carried out using Nvivo software. Findings from this study highlighted barriers such as lack of knowledge of sustainable practices and insufficient labor have mainly hindered adoption. Approaches such as providing a platform for farmers to connect, learn, and share techniques of sustainable agriculture could help alleviate the barriers identified in the study. 2022 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/103691/1/SitiHajarMisnan2022_EnvironmentalSustainabilitythroughAgriculture.pdf Sulaiman, Nazia Khalida and Misnan, Siti Hajar (2022) Environmental sustainability through agriculture: perspectives of extension agents on adoption of sustainable practices. In: 2nd International Conference on Urban Design and Planning: Sustainable Urban Design and Development in Post-Pandemic World, ICUDEP 2022, 11 June 2022, Virtual, Online. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1082/1/012024
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Sulaiman, Nazia Khalida
Misnan, Siti Hajar
Environmental sustainability through agriculture: perspectives of extension agents on adoption of sustainable practices
description Agriculture is an integral part of the world's economy and global food security, but excessive use of fertilizer and improper use of pesticides are harmful to the environment. This creates the importance of encouraging farmers to practice sustainable agriculture to decrease environmental impacts and conserve natural resources. Increasing the rate of adoption requires an understanding of the farmer's process of transition from conventional to sustainable agriculture. Extension agents play an important role as they are trained to provide information towards the process of transition. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to explore barriers to the adoption of sustainable agriculture through the perspectives of extension agents that worked with farmers. This qualitative study is based on in-depth interviews with 20 extension agents from the agricultural department in Johor, gathered through purposive sampling. Three stages of deductive content analysis were used, consisting of preparation, organizing, and reporting phases. The process of coding was carried out using Nvivo software. Findings from this study highlighted barriers such as lack of knowledge of sustainable practices and insufficient labor have mainly hindered adoption. Approaches such as providing a platform for farmers to connect, learn, and share techniques of sustainable agriculture could help alleviate the barriers identified in the study.
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author Sulaiman, Nazia Khalida
Misnan, Siti Hajar
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Misnan, Siti Hajar
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title Environmental sustainability through agriculture: perspectives of extension agents on adoption of sustainable practices
title_short Environmental sustainability through agriculture: perspectives of extension agents on adoption of sustainable practices
title_full Environmental sustainability through agriculture: perspectives of extension agents on adoption of sustainable practices
title_fullStr Environmental sustainability through agriculture: perspectives of extension agents on adoption of sustainable practices
title_full_unstemmed Environmental sustainability through agriculture: perspectives of extension agents on adoption of sustainable practices
title_sort environmental sustainability through agriculture: perspectives of extension agents on adoption of sustainable practices
publishDate 2022
url http://eprints.utm.my/103691/1/SitiHajarMisnan2022_EnvironmentalSustainabilitythroughAgriculture.pdf
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