Off-farm employment and spatial distribution of paddy farmers in integrated agricultural development area in north-west Selangor determined using GIS

Most of the paddy farmers in Malaysia are earning low income from paddy plantation due to unstable yield, even the government invests heavily in the sector. The objective of this study is to investigate the involvement and location distribution of 250 paddy farmers and farm households in off-farm em...

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Main Author:	Lokman, Eleanor Daniella
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	Geographic information systems - Farmers Supplementary employment
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56971/1/FP%202015%202RR.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.569712017-09-11T04:41:12Z Off-farm employment and spatial distribution of paddy farmers in integrated agricultural development area in north-west Selangor determined using GIS 2015-06 Lokman, Eleanor Daniella Most of the paddy farmers in Malaysia are earning low income from paddy plantation due to unstable yield, even the government invests heavily in the sector. The objective of this study is to investigate the involvement and location distribution of 250 paddy farmers and farm households in off-farm employment in IADA NWS using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to capture a farm location effect on mobility with regional condition, such as to work or to the nearest town. The descriptive analysis was used to describe the respondent’s socio-economic profile. The relationship between off-farm participation and the independent variables identified were cross-tabulated. Chi-square was used to test the null hypothesis. The GIS was used to determine the spatial characteristics to off-farm participation in distinctive regions. Results shows The middle age group of 41-50 years old, SPM holders, have less than 5ha of paddy field and earn RM3,500 monthly of paddy farmers who are the majority to join off-farm employment. They usually get involved in agriculture activities including oil palm plantation, fisheries, fruits plantation, working with the government and doing own job.Spatially, the results indicated that most of the paddy farmers involved in off-farm job lives near to the town which in Kuala Selangor, as is less than ten (10) kilometres away from their house and paddy lot. The study shows that doing off-farm employment during their free time is an alternative strategy and has a potential to improve the income and well being of the paddy farmers and their family. Sharing farm and offfarm income of farmers could bring a big impact in the family. Furthermore, the diversification of employment in Malaysia however helps to smooth income by spreading risk across several activities. Geographic information systems - Farmers Supplementary employment 2015-06 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56971/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56971/1/FP%202015%202RR.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Geographic information systems - Farmers Supplementary employment
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spellingShingle	Geographic information systems - Farmers Supplementary employment Lokman, Eleanor Daniella Off-farm employment and spatial distribution of paddy farmers in integrated agricultural development area in north-west Selangor determined using GIS
description	Most of the paddy farmers in Malaysia are earning low income from paddy plantation due to unstable yield, even the government invests heavily in the sector. The objective of this study is to investigate the involvement and location distribution of 250 paddy farmers and farm households in off-farm employment in IADA NWS using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to capture a farm location effect on mobility with regional condition, such as to work or to the nearest town. The descriptive analysis was used to describe the respondent’s socio-economic profile. The relationship between off-farm participation and the independent variables identified were cross-tabulated. Chi-square was used to test the null hypothesis. The GIS was used to determine the spatial characteristics to off-farm participation in distinctive regions. Results shows The middle age group of 41-50 years old, SPM holders, have less than 5ha of paddy field and earn RM3,500 monthly of paddy farmers who are the majority to join off-farm employment. They usually get involved in agriculture activities including oil palm plantation, fisheries, fruits plantation, working with the government and doing own job.Spatially, the results indicated that most of the paddy farmers involved in off-farm job lives near to the town which in Kuala Selangor, as is less than ten (10) kilometres away from their house and paddy lot. The study shows that doing off-farm employment during their free time is an alternative strategy and has a potential to improve the income and well being of the paddy farmers and their family. Sharing farm and offfarm income of farmers could bring a big impact in the family. Furthermore, the diversification of employment in Malaysia however helps to smooth income by spreading risk across several activities.
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author	Lokman, Eleanor Daniella
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title	Off-farm employment and spatial distribution of paddy farmers in integrated agricultural development area in north-west Selangor determined using GIS
title_short	Off-farm employment and spatial distribution of paddy farmers in integrated agricultural development area in north-west Selangor determined using GIS
title_full	Off-farm employment and spatial distribution of paddy farmers in integrated agricultural development area in north-west Selangor determined using GIS
title_fullStr	Off-farm employment and spatial distribution of paddy farmers in integrated agricultural development area in north-west Selangor determined using GIS
title_full_unstemmed	Off-farm employment and spatial distribution of paddy farmers in integrated agricultural development area in north-west Selangor determined using GIS
title_sort	off-farm employment and spatial distribution of paddy farmers in integrated agricultural development area in north-west selangor determined using gis
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate	2015
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Off-farm employment and spatial distribution of paddy farmers in integrated agricultural development area in north-west Selangor determined using GIS

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