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FACTORS INFLUENCING MALAYSIAN PINEAPPLE SMALLHOLDERS INTENTION TO ADOPT MYGAP AND MPIB ROLES TO INSPIRE THE GROWERS TO OBTAIN MYGAP CERTIFICATION
Corresponding Author(s) : Soo-Fen Fam
Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews,
Vol. 7 No. 2 (2019): March
Abstract
Purpose of the study: The study aims to identify the factors influencing growers’ intention to adopt MyGAP and MPIB roles and to inspire the pineapple growers to obtain MyGAP certificate.
Methodology: Questionnaires were distributed to a sample of 52 pineapple smallholder respondents in the study area. Descriptive analysis and binary logistic regressions were conducted using IMB SPSS version 23.
Main Findings and Novelty: The results of this study show that the three factors influencing pineapple smallholders’ intention to adopt MyGAP are training, attitude and barriers. The odd ratios show growers who received training are four times more likely to adopt MyGAP.
Applications of this study: MPIB has to conduct more training in order to inspire pineapple growers to obtain MyGAP certification. Meanwhile, the growers also have to change their attitude to accept MyGAP and overcome the perceived barriers for adopting MyGAP.
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Coff C., Barling D., Korthals M. & Nielsen T. (2008). Ethical Traceability and Communicating Food. Springer Science & Business Media, 12 Jun 2008 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8524-6
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Fam, S.F., Jemain, A.A., & Zin, W.Z.W. (2011a). Spatial Analysis of Socioeconomic Deprivation in Peninsular Malaysia. International Journal of Arts & Sciences, 4 (17), 241-255.
Gom, E. W., Rezai, G., Mohamed, Z., & Sharifuddin, J. (2015). Vegetable Farmers nd Malaysian Certification Scheme of Good Agricultural Practices (MyGAP): Opinions and Barriers. Autralian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences , 35-39.
Kleemann, L., & Abdulai, A. (2013). Ecological Economics. Organic Certification, agro-ecological practices and return on investment: Evidence from pineapple producers in Ghana , 330-341. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.06.017
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Mitsui, M., Liu, J., Belkin, N.J., and Shah, C. (2017). Predicting Information Seeking Intentions from Search Behaviors. SIGIR'17, August 7-11, 2017, Shinjuku, Tokoyo, Japan DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3077136.3080737
National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity of Food Standards Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives. (2014). Thai Agricultural Standard. Good Agricultural Practices for Pineapple , 1-10.
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