Nur Bahiah Mohamed Haris

Universiti Putra Malaysia | UPM · Department of Agriculture Technology

This study explores the adoption of Smart Farming Technologies (SFTs) through the lens of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model. In conjunction with the fact that agriculture is currently facing worldwide issues, SFTs present potential approaches to increase production and sustainability However, the rate at which the...

Malaysian cocoa production relied on cocoa farmers since 2006 because they were the major holder (81.4%) of the cocoa cultivation area. As for Sarawak, 100% of cocoa production was from cocoa farmers. Sarawak used to produce 21,200 metric tons of dried cocoa beans in 1990. The government also has spent more on training and fertilizer for cocoa farm...

The ability of farmers to anticipate, avoid, and react to threats and shocks depends on their capacity to handle agricultural alarms. This study aims to determine whether farmers' demographic characteristics and readiness for the post-COVID-19 pandemic are related. This study reports the results of a survey in which 503 farmers in Peninsular Malays...

The agricultural sector is exceptionally susceptible to fluctuations in climatic conditions, and such changes significantly impact agricultural productivity as well as the welfare of agricultural communities. Therefore, it is crucial to comprehend the vulnerability and risk of the agricultural communities to these effects. The agriculture ability o...

The Malaysian government has introduced the Urban Agriculture Program to improve the performance of urban and rural agriculture in Malaysia. The Urban Agriculture Program was implemented by the Department of Agriculture (DOA), Malaysia in 2010. Such agricultural extension programs may significantly affect the effectiveness of adopting urban agricul...

Given their proven, financial and environmental benefits, such as increased production and income for farmers, the adoption of improved groundnut varieties among farmers in sub-Saharan Africa remains small. Groundnut is Nigeria's primary export commodity, rendering Nigeria the fifth largest producer in the world, accounting for 50% of Africa's need...

The study assessed the influence of socioeconomic factors in the use of information dissemination channels among groundnut farmers in Northwest Nigeria. The research used primary data collected from 349 smallholder groundnut growers. Chi-squared was used in data analysis. The results indicated that farmers' place of residence (X 2 =169.417, df=15)...

This study examined the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice toward organic fertilizer adoption in Uruzgan, Afghanistan. A total of 116 structured questionnaires were distributed to almond smallholder farmers in the Tarin Kowt district. The results revealed a medium level of knowledge and attitude, and a high level of practice toward organic...

The COVID-19 pandemic is a global health catastrophe that has had severe effects on the worldwide economy, both directly and indirectly, because of the spread of the virus. The food and agriculture industries are also experiencing the effects. The COVID-19 epidemic disrupted the regular delivery system of agricultural extension services and the del...

Almonds are an important dried fruit and second in the ranking, after raisin and grape, in Afghanistan. The decline in their production is due to low levels of technology adoption, as well as the extreme use and poor timing of inorganic fertilizer application in the Uruzgan Province. Since organic fertilizers are vital to producing quality almonds,...

Background: Urban agriculture is described as all types of agricultural production (food and non-food products) that occur within or around cities. Currently, the lockdown and threat of a global pandemic has turned a lot of people especially urban dwellers who previously may have depended solely on supermarkets for their food into gardeners and wou...

This paper aims to examine the current state of urban agriculture research under social science. This study used bibliometric analysis based on 424 documents obtained from the Scopus online database as of March 2021. Harzing's Publish or Perish and VOSviewer software have been used to analyze and visualize the results. This article presents the fin...

Adoption of recommended farm practices has been acknowledged to attain food security on groundnut production in Nigeria. Extension agents and other technology developers are now often using various channels of communication, as a means of reaching farmers with improved farm practices to ensure compliance. The aim of the paper is to examine the rela...

In Ghana over 70% of people who are employed in the agricultural sector are smallholder farmers’ living less developed communities engaging in rudimentary agriculture. Climate change poses a serious threat to smallholder farmers which impacts on their income, food security and wellbeing. Climate information could be a vital resort for smallholder f...

The study investigated participation of women farmers in planning and implementation of agricultural practices in northeastern Nigeria. Multistage sampling procedure was used to select 378 respondents out of 6758 women farmers in the zone. Questionnaire was used to collect data from the sampled farmers. Mean and standard deviation were used for ana...

This study examined the perception of rural women farmers on information dissemination skills of agricultural extension workers. Using multistage sampling procedure 378 respondents were randomly selected from the population of 6758 women farmers. Questionnaire was administered to the sampled farmers. Data were analysed using mean, and standard devi...

This study uses the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to determine the factors influencing the intention of agriculture students in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) to be involved in agribusiness. To meet the aim of this study, a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) was held among students from the Faculty of Agriculture, UPM. This method of qualitative dat...

The art of planting, preparing, and distributing food around urban areas is known as urban agriculture, farming, or gardening. Individuals and organizations generally work in urban agriculture for general purposes: 1) enhancing their own health and economic circumstances; 2) improving their communities’ access to nutritious food; 3) enhancing their...

The main function of agricultural extensionists is to facilitate learning and disseminate new knowledge and technologies through non-formal educational settings. This will lead to improved agricultural productivity and increase farmers’ income. In the lens of the cocoa production scenario in Malaysia, it used to be a popular crop as this sector bec...

Agriculture extension primarily deals with the human resource development (HRD) skills as well as knowledge. In the agriculture scope, all extension agents must have the knowledge, training, and skills to fulfil the requirement as a good agricultural extension agent. As the profession of extension agents continues to grow, it is important to know t...

The Malaysian community has recently become more aware of the benefits of organic food and its potential advantages for human health. Organic food may also contribute to achieving more sustainable food production and have a positive impact on national food security. However, in Malaysian situation, even though various strategies have been implement...

The Malaysian paddy rice industry has always been considered as an industry that produces an important commodity which is the main staple food for the nation. The government, during the Tenth Malaysian Plan (2011-2015) period, set a target for every paddy farmer of 10 mt/ha, to ensure that the availability and accessibility of rice are maintained a...