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Assessing the effects of socio economic factors on agricultural land use in Malaysia

Author:Akeem Olawale Olaniyi, Ahmad Makmom Abdullah, Mohammad Firuz Ramli and Alias Mohd Sood

Abstract:
A study is conducted to investigate the effects of socio economic factors on agricultural land use in Malaysia. Relevant socio ? economic variables (from 1965 to 2007) were aggregated from the databases of various international and national agencies. These data include agricultural and non agricultural land uses, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) & Gross National Product (GNI); labour force, population age distribution, numbers of cars per 1000 people; road density. GDP/capita & GNI/capita, labour efficiencies ie (ha/worker in agricultural subsectors), percentage of male and female in the agricultural labour force and % change in outputs of major crops were derived from relevant data. Data were then subjected to multiple linear regression analysis using SPSS version 18. Findings indicated that, relevant socio ? economic factors in agricultural land use in Malaysia are available workforce of the population, percentage of workers engaged in plantation farming, female workforce in agriculture, farm size and the workers condition of service in non - agricultural sector. This study has revealed that labour supply and their conditions of service are major factors in agricultural land use. This study further underscores the need for technology ? driven - agricultural practices in the face of better posited industries competing for available labour.