Knowledge, attitude and behavior towards the intention of farmers in applying food waste as fertilizers in Perak
<p>Around 1.3 billion tons of the total food production and land that also use to produce food</p><p>is 0.9 million hectares was wasted every year. This is become a problem that has not yet</p><p>been resolved. One of the way to r...
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| Format: | thesis |
| Language: | eng |
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2023
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| Online Access: | https://ir.upsi.edu.my/detailsg.php?det=11432 |
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| Summary: | <p>Around 1.3 billion tons of the total food production and land that also use to produce food</p><p>is 0.9 million hectares was wasted every year. This is become a problem that has not yet</p><p>been resolved. One of the way to reduce food waste is covert into fertilizer. Therefore, the</p><p>purpose of this study to examine knowledge, attitude and perceive behavior towards small</p><p>scale farmers inattention in applying food waste as fertilizer by adopting Theory Planned</p><p>Behavior and Knowledge Attitude Practice Model. A field of survey was used; out of 450</p><p>survey distributed, only 370 small scale farmers responded to the questionnaire, were</p><p>identified using purposive sampling and analysed through SPSS, IBM-AMOS and PLSSEM.</p><p>The result found that the fitness indices met the acceptance level using Modification</p><p>Indices (MI) (CFI= 0.933; TLI=0.908; RMSEA=0.08). Result indicated that the initial model</p><p>was partially supported where attitude, subjective norm and behavior were significantly</p><p>predicted farmers intention. In addition, a mediating effect was found in the model as</p><p>hypothesized; knowledge had a significant indirect effect on farmers intention. However,</p><p>there was no significant interaction between knowledge and farmers intention. This study</p><p>expends the literature on food waste research particularly focusing on small farmer.</p><p>Overall, this study verified that attitude, subjective norms and perceive behavior control</p><p>have significant impacts on farmers intention. This study will help the agriculture agencies,</p><p>farmer in improving the quality of fertilizer as well as the contribution on expending the</p><p>new model and instrument.</p> |
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