Factors influencing intention to implement urban agriculture among city dwellers
The economic transition from agricultural based to industrial based experienced by Malaysia has led to urbanization. Urbanization has put greater pressure on various resources such as residential availability, high cost of living, transportation, social amenities and food security. Those who l...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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2017
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/68724/1/FP%202018%2013%20-%20IR.pdf |
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| Summary: | The economic transition from agricultural based to industrial based experienced by
Malaysia has led to urbanization. Urbanization has put greater pressure on various
resources such as residential availability, high cost of living, transportation, social
amenities and food security. Those who live in urban areas have a limited source of
food as food basically is produced in the rural areas and it is not enough to support
the whole population. As agricultural territories have been converted to cities,
housing area and infrastructural development, this scenario has caused insufficient
domestic production to meet the rising demand for many agricultural produce. Thus
Malaysia is now experiencing the negative balance of trade for the past decades as
the country relies on imported food. With the high urbanization rate in Malaysia, it is
a positive anticipation for Malaysian especially, the city dwellers to engage in urban
agriculture. Moreover, urban agriculture may be lasting solution to the urgent need
of addressing issues of urban food security, urban poverty as well as environmental
protection. To drive the development of urban agriculture, there is a vital need to
understand the acceptance of urban agriculture among the city dwellers. However at
present, the information and study on urban agriculture in Malaysia is still limited
since it is just developed. It very important to understand on city dwellers’ intention
towards urban agriculture thus the suitable factor can be derive before embarking
any program and campaign on implementing urban agriculture.
In order to understand the factors that influence a city dweller’s intention towards
implementing urban agriculture, this study have taken data from 1365 respondents. It
is used to address the objective of the study. The factor analysis showed that
perceived value, perceived behaviour control, facilitating condition, subjective norm,
attitude and perceived risk were the factors influencing a city dweller’s intention
towards urban aquaculture. More so, multiple regression analysis showed that knowledge, perceived usefulness and perceived value were important factors in
developing an attitude to adopt the urban agriculture while facilitating condition
remained the bedrock of determining perceived behavioural control. Attitude,
perceived behavioural control and subjective norm also have a positive relationship
with the intention to implement urban agriculture. Based on chi-square analysis,
demographic profile such as age, gender, occupation, marital status and income have
significant relationships with the intention to implement urban agriculture among the
city dwellers.
As conclusion, the study found out that interpersonal and external influences are
significant to intention to adopt urban agriculture. It has also shown that respondents
are reliance on their friends, family, colleagues or social media for information
regarding urban agriculture. In other words, those who are important to them can
influence their intention to adopt urban agriculture. It was also revealed that senior
citizens who had retired and have high income showed more interest in urban
agriculture than do the youngsters and unemployed person have low intention to
adopt urban agriculture. With this result, it would lead the government agency and
other parties to arranging suitable program on attracting city dwellers practicing
urban agriculture. Besides that, exposure on the goodness of implementing urban
agriculture and creating community garden surrounding the community area is one
of method for city dwellers to perceive the goodness of adopting urban agriculture. |
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