EXPLORING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACTS ON MALAYSIAN RURAL SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN KUCHING, SARAWAK
The current study aims to explore the Coronovirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic impacts on Malaysian rural smallholder farmers in Kuching, Sarawak. Purposive sampling was employed and a qualitative descriptive approach was adopted. This study centred on a group of rural smallholder farmers actively par...
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Universiti Malaya
2024
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/45875/1/Farmers%20COVID%2019%20JUMEEC%202024.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/45875/ https://mjs.um.edu.my/index.php/jummec/article/view/43041 https://doi.org/10.22452/jummec.vol27no2.10 |
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| Summary: | The current study aims to explore the Coronovirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic impacts on Malaysian rural smallholder
farmers in Kuching, Sarawak. Purposive sampling was employed and a qualitative descriptive approach was adopted.
This study centred on a group of rural smallholder farmers actively participating in a food assistance programme for
impoverished urban communities in Kuching. The farmers played a pivotal role in supplying vegetables and crops for
the food assistance programme. The data were collected through semi-structured individual in-depth interviews.
A thematic analysis was conducted, which revealed several major themes, namely the challenges encountered
by smallholder farmers during the pandemic, the responses to the crisis, the recovery strategies, and subsequent
plans. The current study not only enriched the understanding of the challenges encountered by rural smallholder
farmers but also determined the underlying issues. The insights could serve as a foundation for developing specific
solutions by relevant authorities to address rural smallholder farmers’ respective needs. |
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