tailieunhanh - Unravelling the factors affecting agriculture profitability enterprise: Evidence from coconut smallholder production

The present study has brought into focus and issues relating to socio economic status, profitability and production of coconut in Batu Pahat district, Johor. A sample of 152 farmers was selected through a random sampling technique. | Unravelling the factors affecting agriculture profitability enterprise Evidence from coconut smallholder production Accounting 6 2020 493 500 Contents lists available at GrowingScience Accounting homepage ac Unravelling the factors affecting agriculture profitability enterprise Evidence from coconut smallholder production Zubaidah Omara and Fazleen Abdul Fataha aFaculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology Universiti Teknologi MARA Jasin Campus 77300 Merlimau Jasin Melaka. Malaysia CHRONICLE ABSTRACT Article history The coconut palm or scientific name Cocos nucifera L. has been called as Tree of Life because of Received March 22 2020 its multiuse. Malaysia remains as one of top ten coconut producing countries in the world and coconut Received in revised format March is one of important industrial crops after oil palm paddy and rubber. As coconut plays a significant 30 2020 source of income and employment for majority of smallholders this study has therefore been Accepted April 14 2020 Available online undertaken in order to recommend strategies for policy decisions and formulate suitable schemes and April 14 2020 programs to ameliorate socio-economic conditions of the coconut smallholders. The present study has Keywords brought into focus and issues relating to socio economic status profitability and production of coconut Coconut in Batu Pahat district Johor. A sample of 152 farmers was selected through a random sampling Production technique. In addition the study uses Cost Benefit Analysis and multiple regression model to estimate Malaysia the factors affecting the profitability of coconut production in Malaysia. The results reveal that the Profitability profitability was influenced by different factors including land labor fungicides experience Productivity education and extension visit. While the result for cost benefit analysis showed that in the study area a cultivation of coconut was a profitable enterprise as indicated by benefit