Socio Economic Factors Affecting Adoption and Non-Adoption of Modern Hive in Stingless Beekeeping Practices in Malaysia
- DOI
- 10.2991/aebmr.k.211214.043How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Stingless bee; Adoption; Modern hive; Factors; Determinants; Logit model
- Abstract
The study aims to investigate the socio-economic factors affecting the adoption of modern hives in stingless beekeeping in Malaysia. A total of 117 stingless beekeepers were selected as respondents using purposive sampling technique. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistic, factor analysis and logit regression model. The results indicated that 79% are adopters while others are non-adopters. The factor analysis results showed that there are seven factors affecting beekeepers to adopt modern hive technology namely, service of extension agent, production process, harvesting process, improvement of adopted technology, knowledge and information from extension agent, advantages of adopted technology, and source of information. Logistic regression model revealed that gender and educational level were positively and significantly influence the adoption at 5%. In summary, knowledge and information on modern hives is important for beekeepers, as the more knowledge and information they gathered and knew about the technology, the higher the influence rate to adopt the technology. Thus, the extension services from the Department of Agriculture should provide more sources of knowledge and information to create awareness on the advantages of using modern hives.
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- © 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.
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- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Norhidayah Che Soh AU - Marlia Musa AU - Mohd Mansor Ismail PY - 2021 DA - 2021/12/15 TI - Socio Economic Factors Affecting Adoption and Non-Adoption of Modern Hive in Stingless Beekeeping Practices in Malaysia BT - Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Sustainable Agricultural Socio-economics, Agribusiness, and Rural Development (ICSASARD 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 303 EP - 311 SN - 2352-5428 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.211214.043 DO - 10.2991/aebmr.k.211214.043 ID - Soh2021 ER -