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International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2020
The 2017 UKM FST Postgraduate Colloquium, 2018
Malacca has committed to be a green technology state by the year 2020. Agriculture is one of the ... more Malacca has committed to be a green technology state by the year 2020. Agriculture is one of the main industries
that have been highlighted to achieve this goal especially rice farming activities. Some limitations for this issue have
restricted the accomplishment of the plan including pesticide usage among rice farmers. The use of chemicals in rice field
need to be reduced significantly in order to support the goal. One of the indicators to the successfulness of pesticide
reduction is the increasing numbers of natural enemies’ species abundance and population in the rice field. Natural enemies
were important to regulate pest populations in rice field naturally. Farmers’ readiness to participate in this issue is very
important to ensure the successfulness. The level of readiness of farmers’ community will determine whether they are ready
or not to execute the plan. Unfortunately, such information in rice farmers’ community was not properly measured. Thus
this study was aimed to assess the readiness level of rice farmers’ community to change in order to enhance natural enemies
in their rice field. This study was adapting the CR model as its theoretical framework. Three rice farming area in Malacca
were involved in this study namely, Jasin, Melaka Tengah and Alor Gajah. Questionnaires were used as major instrument
and were randomly distributed to 224 farmers. Data collected were tested for their reliability, significance and level of
readiness. Knowledge of issue, knowledge of effort and resources dimensions were found influencing the readiness
dimension significantly, whilst the attitude and leadership dimensions were not. Generally, the level of readiness for
farmers’ community in Malacca was found in the sixth or initial stage, where some of them initially have started to practice
a few related activities to enhance the natural enemies’ population in their rice field. Continuous support and assistant from
the leaders and local authorities are crucially needed in order to sustain and improve the farmers’ community level of
readiness.
Rice is a staple food in Malaysia and contributes 8.9% of the national gross domestic product in ... more Rice is a staple food in Malaysia and contributes 8.9% of the national gross domestic product in 2015. The productivity has increased from time to time in order to meet the high demand now days. The use of pesticides technology was widely used the rice production all over Malaysia due to the prompt results of combating pests. The heavy usage of pesticides has led to the pollution of the ecosystem including the beneficial insects. Decision of spraying was made by the farmer themselves which were influenced by their knowledge, attitude, awareness and communication regarding the presence of natural enemies in their rice field. However, these factors has not been measured properly in order to determine their significance towards the farmers practice. Hence, a survey has been conducted to determine the proposed measurement in rice farming area in Melaka. Farmers from three main rice farming area were interviewed using questionnaire as the main instrument. The questionnaire has been pretested prior to the actual survey. A total of 224 farmers were sampled out of 860 rice farmers' population throughout Melaka. Data were analyzed for their central tendencies as well as significant relationship. Result showed that knowledge, attitude and communications has given a significant effect to the farmers' practices towards enhancing the natural enemies in rice fields. However, the findings also found that the awareness level is inadequate among farmers. Therefore, there is a need for continuous awareness program by the local authorities regarding the natural enemies in the rice field in the future.
International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2020
The 2017 UKM FST Postgraduate Colloquium, 2018
Malacca has committed to be a green technology state by the year 2020. Agriculture is one of the ... more Malacca has committed to be a green technology state by the year 2020. Agriculture is one of the main industries
that have been highlighted to achieve this goal especially rice farming activities. Some limitations for this issue have
restricted the accomplishment of the plan including pesticide usage among rice farmers. The use of chemicals in rice field
need to be reduced significantly in order to support the goal. One of the indicators to the successfulness of pesticide
reduction is the increasing numbers of natural enemies’ species abundance and population in the rice field. Natural enemies
were important to regulate pest populations in rice field naturally. Farmers’ readiness to participate in this issue is very
important to ensure the successfulness. The level of readiness of farmers’ community will determine whether they are ready
or not to execute the plan. Unfortunately, such information in rice farmers’ community was not properly measured. Thus
this study was aimed to assess the readiness level of rice farmers’ community to change in order to enhance natural enemies
in their rice field. This study was adapting the CR model as its theoretical framework. Three rice farming area in Malacca
were involved in this study namely, Jasin, Melaka Tengah and Alor Gajah. Questionnaires were used as major instrument
and were randomly distributed to 224 farmers. Data collected were tested for their reliability, significance and level of
readiness. Knowledge of issue, knowledge of effort and resources dimensions were found influencing the readiness
dimension significantly, whilst the attitude and leadership dimensions were not. Generally, the level of readiness for
farmers’ community in Malacca was found in the sixth or initial stage, where some of them initially have started to practice
a few related activities to enhance the natural enemies’ population in their rice field. Continuous support and assistant from
the leaders and local authorities are crucially needed in order to sustain and improve the farmers’ community level of
readiness.
Rice is a staple food in Malaysia and contributes 8.9% of the national gross domestic product in ... more Rice is a staple food in Malaysia and contributes 8.9% of the national gross domestic product in 2015. The productivity has increased from time to time in order to meet the high demand now days. The use of pesticides technology was widely used the rice production all over Malaysia due to the prompt results of combating pests. The heavy usage of pesticides has led to the pollution of the ecosystem including the beneficial insects. Decision of spraying was made by the farmer themselves which were influenced by their knowledge, attitude, awareness and communication regarding the presence of natural enemies in their rice field. However, these factors has not been measured properly in order to determine their significance towards the farmers practice. Hence, a survey has been conducted to determine the proposed measurement in rice farming area in Melaka. Farmers from three main rice farming area were interviewed using questionnaire as the main instrument. The questionnaire has been pretested prior to the actual survey. A total of 224 farmers were sampled out of 860 rice farmers' population throughout Melaka. Data were analyzed for their central tendencies as well as significant relationship. Result showed that knowledge, attitude and communications has given a significant effect to the farmers' practices towards enhancing the natural enemies in rice fields. However, the findings also found that the awareness level is inadequate among farmers. Therefore, there is a need for continuous awareness program by the local authorities regarding the natural enemies in the rice field in the future.