Intention to adopt a new variety of paddy among farmers in Terengganu, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Zainul Din, Nur Syuhada, Ramli, Nurul Nadia, Mohd Nawi, Nolila, Sharifuddin, Juwaidah, Terano, Rika, Mohamed, Zainal Abidin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Society for Southeast Asian Agricultural Sciences 2019
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80291/1/Intention%20to%20adopt%20a%20new%20variety%20of%20paddy%20among%20farmers%20in%20Terengganu%2C%20Malaysia.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/80291/

Rice security has been consistently in Malaysia’s self-sufficiency program as it is a staple food for vast majority of the population. One of the main reasons of low paddy productivity is due to rice blast disease which is caused by fungus pathogen, Magnaphorthe oryzae. Putra 1 is one of the Univers...