The risk of high dependency towards middlemen among paddy farmers in Kampung Tedong, Merlimau, Melaka / Nur Juzita Md Fuzi

A middleman is a vital element in every business transaction in the world. The rapid growth of human population has made the farmers need to improve their agricultural production and in the same time protecting their income. Other than being as a service provider to the farmers, middlemen also give...

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Main Author:	Md Fuzi, Nur Juzita
Format:	Student Project
Published:	Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology 2019
Subjects:	Agricultural economics Rice workers. Rice farmers S Agriculture (General) Farmers
Online Access:	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/24418/

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spelling	uitm-244182019-06-12T02:18:53Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/24418/ The risk of high dependency towards middlemen among paddy farmers in Kampung Tedong, Merlimau, Melaka / Nur Juzita Md Fuzi Md Fuzi, Nur Juzita Agricultural economics Rice workers. Rice farmers S Agriculture (General) Farmers A middleman is a vital element in every business transaction in the world. The rapid growth of human population has made the farmers need to improve their agricultural production and in the same time protecting their income. Other than being as a service provider to the farmers, middlemen also give risks to farmers in every transaction as they might tend to exploits the farmers with their advantages and knowledge. This study examines the risk of high dependency towards middlemen among paddy farmers in Kampung Tedong, Merlimau, Malacca. A questionnaire and interviews were used to collect the data on the level of dependency towards middlemen. On the basis of data from 59 local farmers in Merlimau, Melaka, the preliminary result shows that several variables such as agricultural input handling, financial status and technology usage have an influence towards high dependency towards middlemen among paddy farmers in the area. The conclusion can also be drawn that despite of the risk that farmers might face while using the middlemen service, the farmers still highly depends on them especially when they are less expose to technology. Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology 2019 Student Project NonPeerReviewed Md Fuzi, Nur Juzita (2019) The risk of high dependency towards middlemen among paddy farmers in Kampung Tedong, Merlimau, Melaka / Nur Juzita Md Fuzi. [Student Project] (Unpublished)
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topic	Agricultural economics Rice workers. Rice farmers S Agriculture (General) Farmers
spellingShingle	Agricultural economics Rice workers. Rice farmers S Agriculture (General) Farmers Md Fuzi, Nur Juzita The risk of high dependency towards middlemen among paddy farmers in Kampung Tedong, Merlimau, Melaka / Nur Juzita Md Fuzi
description	A middleman is a vital element in every business transaction in the world. The rapid growth of human population has made the farmers need to improve their agricultural production and in the same time protecting their income. Other than being as a service provider to the farmers, middlemen also give risks to farmers in every transaction as they might tend to exploits the farmers with their advantages and knowledge. This study examines the risk of high dependency towards middlemen among paddy farmers in Kampung Tedong, Merlimau, Malacca. A questionnaire and interviews were used to collect the data on the level of dependency towards middlemen. On the basis of data from 59 local farmers in Merlimau, Melaka, the preliminary result shows that several variables such as agricultural input handling, financial status and technology usage have an influence towards high dependency towards middlemen among paddy farmers in the area. The conclusion can also be drawn that despite of the risk that farmers might face while using the middlemen service, the farmers still highly depends on them especially when they are less expose to technology.
format	Student Project
author	Md Fuzi, Nur Juzita
author_facet	Md Fuzi, Nur Juzita
author_sort	Md Fuzi, Nur Juzita
title	The risk of high dependency towards middlemen among paddy farmers in Kampung Tedong, Merlimau, Melaka / Nur Juzita Md Fuzi
title_short	The risk of high dependency towards middlemen among paddy farmers in Kampung Tedong, Merlimau, Melaka / Nur Juzita Md Fuzi
title_full	The risk of high dependency towards middlemen among paddy farmers in Kampung Tedong, Merlimau, Melaka / Nur Juzita Md Fuzi
title_fullStr	The risk of high dependency towards middlemen among paddy farmers in Kampung Tedong, Merlimau, Melaka / Nur Juzita Md Fuzi
title_full_unstemmed	The risk of high dependency towards middlemen among paddy farmers in Kampung Tedong, Merlimau, Melaka / Nur Juzita Md Fuzi
title_sort	risk of high dependency towards middlemen among paddy farmers in kampung tedong, merlimau, melaka / nur juzita md fuzi
publisher	Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology
publishDate	2019
url	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/24418/
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The risk of high dependency towards middlemen among paddy farmers in Kampung Tedong, Merlimau, Melaka / Nur Juzita Md Fuzi

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