Exploring the challenges of pepper smallholder farmers in Sarawak: a qualitative study
The pepper plant is considered a valuable and popular choice of crop in Malaysia despite market fluctuation affecting its prices and other constraints in the pepper industry. In addition, pepper plant is mainly grown in rural areas of Sarawak and the growers are mainly smallholders who face tough...
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Rynnye Lyan Resources
2020
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/33531/1/Exploring%20the%20challenges%20of%20pepper%20smallholder%20farmers%20in%20Sarawak%20a%20qualitative%20study_pdf.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/33531/ https://www.myfoodresearch.com/ |
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| Summary: | The pepper plant is considered a valuable and popular choice of crop in Malaysia despite
market fluctuation affecting its prices and other constraints in the pepper industry. In
addition, pepper plant is mainly grown in rural areas of Sarawak and the growers are
mainly smallholders who face tough challenges in the industry. Thus, this research
endeavours to explore the challenges faced by pepper growers in Sarawak as seen from
their perspectives. Qualitative data with a phenomenological approach was conducted to
allow an in-depth understanding of their challenges. Data analysis of six semi-structured
interviews on the pepper growers was conducted at an agreeable place to the participants.
A sampling method was done via snowball sampling. The findings indicated several main
themes of the challenges. The emerging main themes revealed that the challenges were
associated with a shortage of workers, climate, profits, government assistance, pest, and
crop diseases. The result will provide useful information for the government authority,
agricultural agencies, and help to formulate the action plan to enhance pepper cultivation. |
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