Dissecting Factors Causing Active Behaviors Associated with Continuity of Youth Participation in Agro-Preneurship : A Qualitative Study on Youth Farmers in Sarawak

Purpose: Despites of an aggressive growth of agricultural sectors, the number of youth participating in the industry is low. Agriculture as one of the main income generator industry should be exposed to the community in order to raise and encourage the participating of the community and also for th...

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Main Authors: Abdul Rahman, Saili, Jamayah, Saili, Mazia, Mohamad Safai’ee, Nur Masriyah, Hamzah
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Published: Universal Publishers - Boca Raton, Florida, USA 2018
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spelling my.unimas.ir.229732023-08-22T02:03:29Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/22973/ Dissecting Factors Causing Active Behaviors Associated with Continuity of Youth Participation in Agro-Preneurship : A Qualitative Study on Youth Farmers in Sarawak Abdul Rahman, Saili Jamayah, Saili Mazia, Mohamad Safai’ee Nur Masriyah, Hamzah H Social Sciences (General) S Agriculture (General) Purpose: Despites of an aggressive growth of agricultural sectors, the number of youth participating in the industry is low. Agriculture as one of the main income generator industry should be exposed to the community in order to raise and encourage the participating of the community and also for the development of the industry. Thus, this research is conducted using a qualitative study to understand and dissecting the youth behavior toward their activities in agropreneurship. Design/methodology/approach: Data from six in-depth interviews were analysed to explore the experience of youth agro-preneurs. Findings: The result indicated that the two major groups of behaviors dictated the acceptances of youth toward agro-preneurship in Sarawak are psychological factors and economic factor. Practical implications: The findings of this paper will help to boast the agro-preneurship activities among youth in Malaysia. In response to increase youth participation in agriculture is more important than ever, as the burgeoning global population and decreasing agriculture productivity mean the youth must play pivotal role in ensuring a food-secure future for themselves, and for future generations. Originality/value: This paper managed to explore deeper insights on how the psychological and economic factor plays a pivotal role to sustain the involvement of youth farmers in agricultural industry. It also highlights on how to attract youth participation in agro-preneurship in Malaysia. Universal Publishers - Boca Raton, Florida, USA 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/22973/1/Dissecting%20Factors%20Causing%20Active%20Behaviors%20Associated%20with%20Continuity%20of%20Youth%20Participation%20in%20Agro-Preneurship%20%20-%20Copy.pdf Abdul Rahman, Saili and Jamayah, Saili and Mazia, Mohamad Safai’ee and Nur Masriyah, Hamzah (2018) Dissecting Factors Causing Active Behaviors Associated with Continuity of Youth Participation in Agro-Preneurship : A Qualitative Study on Youth Farmers in Sarawak. Global Business and Management Research: An International Journal, 10 (2). pp. 253-262. ISSN 1947-5667 https://www.researchgate.net/journal/1947-5667_Global_Business_and_Management_Research_An_International_Journal
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S Agriculture (General)
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Abdul Rahman, Saili
Jamayah, Saili
Mazia, Mohamad Safai’ee
Nur Masriyah, Hamzah
Dissecting Factors Causing Active Behaviors Associated with Continuity of Youth Participation in Agro-Preneurship : A Qualitative Study on Youth Farmers in Sarawak
description Purpose: Despites of an aggressive growth of agricultural sectors, the number of youth participating in the industry is low. Agriculture as one of the main income generator industry should be exposed to the community in order to raise and encourage the participating of the community and also for the development of the industry. Thus, this research is conducted using a qualitative study to understand and dissecting the youth behavior toward their activities in agropreneurship. Design/methodology/approach: Data from six in-depth interviews were analysed to explore the experience of youth agro-preneurs. Findings: The result indicated that the two major groups of behaviors dictated the acceptances of youth toward agro-preneurship in Sarawak are psychological factors and economic factor. Practical implications: The findings of this paper will help to boast the agro-preneurship activities among youth in Malaysia. In response to increase youth participation in agriculture is more important than ever, as the burgeoning global population and decreasing agriculture productivity mean the youth must play pivotal role in ensuring a food-secure future for themselves, and for future generations. Originality/value: This paper managed to explore deeper insights on how the psychological and economic factor plays a pivotal role to sustain the involvement of youth farmers in agricultural industry. It also highlights on how to attract youth participation in agro-preneurship in Malaysia.
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author Abdul Rahman, Saili
Jamayah, Saili
Mazia, Mohamad Safai’ee
Nur Masriyah, Hamzah
author_facet Abdul Rahman, Saili
Jamayah, Saili
Mazia, Mohamad Safai’ee
Nur Masriyah, Hamzah
author_sort Abdul Rahman, Saili
title Dissecting Factors Causing Active Behaviors Associated with Continuity of Youth Participation in Agro-Preneurship : A Qualitative Study on Youth Farmers in Sarawak
title_short Dissecting Factors Causing Active Behaviors Associated with Continuity of Youth Participation in Agro-Preneurship : A Qualitative Study on Youth Farmers in Sarawak
title_full Dissecting Factors Causing Active Behaviors Associated with Continuity of Youth Participation in Agro-Preneurship : A Qualitative Study on Youth Farmers in Sarawak
title_fullStr Dissecting Factors Causing Active Behaviors Associated with Continuity of Youth Participation in Agro-Preneurship : A Qualitative Study on Youth Farmers in Sarawak
title_full_unstemmed Dissecting Factors Causing Active Behaviors Associated with Continuity of Youth Participation in Agro-Preneurship : A Qualitative Study on Youth Farmers in Sarawak
title_sort dissecting factors causing active behaviors associated with continuity of youth participation in agro-preneurship : a qualitative study on youth farmers in sarawak
publisher Universal Publishers - Boca Raton, Florida, USA
publishDate 2018
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/22973/1/Dissecting%20Factors%20Causing%20Active%20Behaviors%20Associated%20with%20Continuity%20of%20Youth%20Participation%20in%20Agro-Preneurship%20%20-%20Copy.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/22973/
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