Adoption of Integrated Farming System of Cattle and Oil Palm Plantation in Malaysia

Ahmad, Abd Rahman; Nasir, Aini Syafiqah Mohd; Ng, Kim Soon; Isa, Khairunesa; Yusoff, Rosman Md.

doi:10.1166/asl.2018.10935

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“…Pertanian terpadu bisa dilakukan melalui beragam jenis kegiatan, diantaranya yaitu menggunakan air secara rasional untuk mencegah erosi dan memastikan kesuburan tanah dengan melakukan rotasi tanaman serta praktik "pupuk hijau" yang terdiri dari mengubur tanaman spesifik di tanah untuk mempertahankan dan meningkatkan kesuburannya (Vanhuri et al, 2018;Ahmad et al, 2018).…”

Section: Jenis Pertanian Terpaduunclassified

Hambatan Dan Peluang Sisitem Pertanian Terpadu Di Era Modern

Munadi¹

2021

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Pertanian terpadu merupakan pemanfaatan seluruh komponen yang terdapat di alam sehingga menghasilkan produk pertanian yang seimbang. Pertanian terpadu pada hakekatnya melibatkan makhluk hidup dalam beberapa tahapan serta memerlukan ruang dalam jangka waktu tertentu dalam proses produksi. Melalui pertanian terpadu pengikatan bahan organik dalam tanah dapat meminimalisir penyerapan karbon sehingga dampak buruk terhadap lingkungan dapat diturunkan.

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Section: Jenis Pertanian Terpaduunclassified

Hambatan Dan Peluang Sisitem Pertanian Terpadu Di Era Modern

Munadi¹

2021

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“…The findings also showed that livestock integration was not implemented because it was not suitable for the early stages of oil palm cultivation, that is, before oil palm reaches the age of three years (for goats) and five years (for cattle). According to Ahmad et al [65], livestock integration participation is only encouraged to those who already have experience, and this has indirectly resulted in a lack of participation from smallholders. Smallholders also integrate their oil palm farming with non-agricultural economic activities.…”

Section: Oil Palm Integrationmentioning

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Social Media Literacy among Oil Palm Smallholders in East Malaysia and Association with Oil Palm Integration Practices

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With advancements in technology, social media has revolutionised the way farmers communicate, resulting in an increased level of shared agricultural knowledge. Therefore, this study investigates social media literacy among oil palm smallholders in East Malaysia and the association with oil palm integration practices. A survey of 194 respondents was conducted using a random sampling method. The survey questionnaire was adapted from several previous studies on social media literacy. Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses, involving t-test, ANOVA, and logistic regression were conducted. Social media literacy was significantly higher among oil palm smallholders who were younger, with higher educational levels (p < 0.05). The logistic regression analysis showed that as the level of social media literacy increased, the probability for agricultural integration practices also increased (odds ratio (OR) = 1.052; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.022, 1.083). However, smallholders needed to optimise their use of social media to provide greater benefits to their agriculture. The findings of this study are useful in illustrating that interventions in social media literacy may efficiently facilitate oil palm integration. The results of this study can provide information and recommendations towards policies for the modernising of oil palm farming in Malaysia. Such studies, however, need to be further expanded by involving a larger sample of smallholders nationwide, to represent the geography of smallholders with varying levels of internet accessibility in Malaysia.

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“…One of the challenges of Malaysian beef production is Malaysia has a relatively small area allocated for pasture and ruminant farming, which is only 17 983 hectares (Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Malaysia, 2015a). This is the reason why most of the livestock farmers in Malaysia are comfortable with traditional farming in which they rear their animals on a small scale with almost zero areas of grazing land (Hashim, 2015;Ahmad et al, 2018). Another challenge for beef production in Malaysia is that large-scale farming is still not yet well established.…”

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The Practices and Factors Affecting the Implementation of Integrated Cattle and Oil Palm Farming System in Malaysia

Ahmad

Nasir

2020

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Purpose of the study: The Malaysian government had encouraged the adoption of integrated cattle and oil palm farming systems (ICOFS) since the year 1998. This is due to large areas of land suitable for ICOFS in Malaysia that can be well utilized. The efforts made in increasing the demand for meat nationwide and growing dependency on imported meat are among the reasons that ICOFS has become significant to be implemented today. Apart from that, Malaysia needs to increase the self-sufficiency level of national meat production to 32.7% by 2020 as stated in the National Agri-Food Policy 2011-2020. Despite this, only a small number of farmers have adopted ICOFS in Malaysia and less is known so far about the farmer's attitudes towards the ICOFS in Malaysia. Methodology: Therefore, this study aimed to explore the current practice as well as factors affecting and constraints to the adoption of ICOFS in Malaysia. Interviews of four selected experts in ICOFS were held to examine the current practice of ICOFS in Malaysia. Main Findings: Results from the interviews and literature review have been cross-compared to develop questionnaire instruments. Then, the survey questionnaire was carried out to 153 adopters and non-adopters of ICOFS in Johor, Malaysia to identify the key factors that influence the adoption of ICOFS. Applications of this study: The study found that information and know-how and availability of skilled labor are the significant factors that encourage farmers to adopt ICOFS. On the other hand, government support and policy constraint and production and on-farm constraint are the significant constraints hindering the adoption of ICOFS. Novelty/Originality of this study: Based on the findings of this study, one of the measures to increase the rate of adoption of ICOFS is by helping the farmers to hire extra labor and to have skills needed. Furthermore, the rate of ICOFS could also be increased by helping the farmers to have better control over weed, pests, and diseases on the farm as well as not interrupting their oil palm production. In addition, it is suggested to provide them with more opportunities for incentives, training, and technical support from the field officers. It is suggested for future research to explore the effect of factors affecting adoption and constraints to adoption on other attitudinal and psychological outcomes such as satisfaction, success, involvement, and degree of use.

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Adoption of Integrated Farming System of Cattle and Oil Palm Plantation in Malaysia

Cited by 4 publications

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Hambatan Dan Peluang Sisitem Pertanian Terpadu Di Era Modern

Hambatan Dan Peluang Sisitem Pertanian Terpadu Di Era Modern

Social Media Literacy among Oil Palm Smallholders in East Malaysia and Association with Oil Palm Integration Practices

The Practices and Factors Affecting the Implementation of Integrated Cattle and Oil Palm Farming System in Malaysia

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