TY  - JOUR
T1  - Relationship between Attitude Oil Palm Smallholders Towards
Ganoderma Disease and their Socio-Economic Characteristics
AU - Kamu, Assis AU - Boniface, Bonaventure AU - Rahim Awang, Abdul AU - Hassan, Affendy AU - Amizi Ayob, Mohammad AU - Kalsom Yulo, Siti 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 17
SP  - 4334
EP  - 4337
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2017.4334.4337
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2017.4334.4337
KW  - Oil palm
KW  -
KW  -smallholder
KW  -Ganoderma
KW  -attitude
KW  -independent
KW  -respondents
AB  - This cross-sectional survey study has focused on the statistical techniques using factor analysis
in identifying the attitude of oil palm smallholders towards Ganoderma disease. Comparison test was done to
determine the relationship between smallholder’s socio-economic characteristics and their attitude towards the
disease. The data were collected through face-to-face interview by using structured questionnaire. A total of
620 oil palm smallholders have been interviewed during the data collection. The data collected was analyzed
by using descriptive analysis, factor analysis and non-parametric techniques using Mann-Whitney U test and
Kruskal-Wallis test. The findings show that there were two main components of attitude, namely difficult to
manage ganoderma disease and difficult to get information and lack of exposure. Comparison test using
non-parametric tests show there were no significant differences across the categories of the selected
socio-economic characteristics except experience in oil palm cultivation and category of smallholders. But all
of the respondents did not agree with both components except the respondents who are categorized as
independent smallholders.
ER  -