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A development of smart village implementation plan for agriculture: A pioneer project in Malaysia

The current study mainly aimed to investigate the Malaysian Smart Village project in a rural community which is labeled as Kg Besting in Malaysia.Specifically, the study intended to address the major issues faced by the community of farmers, identify the Smart Village indicators and put forward a...

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Main Authors: Abdul Razak, Norizan, Abdul Malik, Jalaluddin, Saeed, Murad
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2013
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S Agriculture (General)
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/12079/1/PID24.pdf
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spelling my.uum.repo.120792015-12-14T05:38:22Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/12079/ A development of smart village implementation plan for agriculture: A pioneer project in Malaysia Abdul Razak, Norizan Abdul Malik, Jalaluddin Saeed, Murad S Agriculture (General) The current study mainly aimed to investigate the Malaysian Smart Village project in a rural community which is labeled as Kg Besting in Malaysia.Specifically, the study intended to address the major issues faced by the community of farmers, identify the Smart Village indicators and put forward a strategic plan for the Smart Village implementation.It was carried out among Malaysian farmers in Kg Besting community in Malaysia.Data was collected through a survey, focus group interviews and documents.The quantitative and qualitative analyses of the data revealed that the major issues faced by the farmers in this community in agriculture are limited involvement of human capital in agricultural activities, the small size of land and limited knowledge of using technologies and innovative techniques to enhance the agricultural processing and production.Other issues are relevant to Micro Small Medium Entrepreneurs (SMMEs) in Kg Besting include lack of raw materials and crops, lack of machinery, limited knowledge and lack of advice and networking on how to ensure mass production and healthy marketing competition at the regional and global levels. Thus, the study emphasizes the importance of meeting the community‘s needs in Kg Besting and offers several useful recommendations.In conclusion, by incorporating the concept of ―Smart Village‖, the current study considers the potential Smart Village as an innovative means of improving rural people‘s life and it introduces a strategic implementation of the Smart Village project in Kg Besting in three phases; social empowerment, developing the Smart Village ecosystem and economic empowerment 2013-08-28 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/12079/1/PID24.pdf Abdul Razak, Norizan and Abdul Malik, Jalaluddin and Saeed, Murad (2013) A development of smart village implementation plan for agriculture: A pioneer project in Malaysia. In: 4th International Conference on Computing and Informatics (ICOCI 2013), 28 -30 August 2013, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. http://www.icoci.cms.net.my/proceedings/2013/TOC.html
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
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topic S Agriculture (General)
spellingShingle S Agriculture (General)
Abdul Razak, Norizan
Abdul Malik, Jalaluddin
Saeed, Murad
A development of smart village implementation plan for agriculture: A pioneer project in Malaysia
description The current study mainly aimed to investigate the Malaysian Smart Village project in a rural community which is labeled as Kg Besting in Malaysia.Specifically, the study intended to address the major issues faced by the community of farmers, identify the Smart Village indicators and put forward a strategic plan for the Smart Village implementation.It was carried out among Malaysian farmers in Kg Besting community in Malaysia.Data was collected through a survey, focus group interviews and documents.The quantitative and qualitative analyses of the data revealed that the major issues faced by the farmers in this community in agriculture are limited involvement of human capital in agricultural activities, the small size of land and limited knowledge of using technologies and innovative techniques to enhance the agricultural processing and production.Other issues are relevant to Micro Small Medium Entrepreneurs (SMMEs) in Kg Besting include lack of raw materials and crops, lack of machinery, limited knowledge and lack of advice and networking on how to ensure mass production and healthy marketing competition at the regional and global levels. Thus, the study emphasizes the importance of meeting the community‘s needs in Kg Besting and offers several useful recommendations.In conclusion, by incorporating the concept of ―Smart Village‖, the current study considers the potential Smart Village as an innovative means of improving rural people‘s life and it introduces a strategic implementation of the Smart Village project in Kg Besting in three phases; social empowerment, developing the Smart Village ecosystem and economic empowerment
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Abdul Razak, Norizan
Abdul Malik, Jalaluddin
Saeed, Murad
author_facet Abdul Razak, Norizan
Abdul Malik, Jalaluddin
Saeed, Murad
author_sort Abdul Razak, Norizan
title A development of smart village implementation plan for agriculture: A pioneer project in Malaysia
title_short A development of smart village implementation plan for agriculture: A pioneer project in Malaysia
title_full A development of smart village implementation plan for agriculture: A pioneer project in Malaysia
title_fullStr A development of smart village implementation plan for agriculture: A pioneer project in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed A development of smart village implementation plan for agriculture: A pioneer project in Malaysia
title_sort development of smart village implementation plan for agriculture: a pioneer project in malaysia
publishDate 2013
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/12079/1/PID24.pdf
http://repo.uum.edu.my/12079/
http://www.icoci.cms.net.my/proceedings/2013/TOC.html
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