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 Volume 9, Issue 5 (May 2022), Pages: 9-17

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Use of modern technology and innovations to increase the productivity of oil palm smallholders

 Author(s): Filyntiana Tenge Andrew 1, Zurinah Tahir 2, *, Novel Lyndon 3, Mohd Nor Shahizan Ali 4, Sarmila Mat Sum 2, Arvin Raj A/L D. Mahendran 1

 Affiliation(s):

 1Developmental Science Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, The National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia
 2Development Science/Studies Program, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, The National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia
 3Anthropology and Sociology Program, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, The National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia
 4Media and Communication Program, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, The National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2105-0827

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2022.05.002

 Abstract:

There is an increasing application of technology in the agriculture industry as more innovative inventions become available. The Malaysian government, through MPOB, renders assistance to oil palm smallholders in the adoption of suitable modern technology while providing them technical advisory services either directly or indirectly. Nonetheless, the question remains as to whether the application of such technology has achieved its objective of increasing smallholder productivity in terms of crop and labor input requirements. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to identify the use of modern technology and innovation in increasing the productivity of smallholders in Banting, Selangor. This study employed a quantitative method based on correlation analyses. A total of 167 respondents were sampled. The results showed that the first questionnaire statement, namely ‘Application of modern technology eases work in palm oil production’ attained a mean score of 4.32, corresponding to an opinion ‘Strongly agree’ reached by 77 or 46.1% of the respondents. The analysis of this statement clearly shows that the application of modern technology in the oil palm plantation sector facilitates most of the work in oil palm plantations. This study is different from the other study because it shows which statement makes smallholders accept modern technology in their oil palm plantations to increase the productivity of yields and incomes. Therefore, the use of technology should be practiced by all smallholders in Malaysia to increase their productivity of smallholders. 

 © 2022 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Modern technology, Innovation, Productivity, Oil palm and smallholders

 Article History: Received 29 November 2021, Received in revised form 23 February 2022, Accepted 25 February 2022

 Acknowledgment 

Research on the productivity of oil palm smallholders is supported by an MPOB-UKM Endowment Chair Research Grant (EP-2020-037).

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Andrew FT, Tahir Z, and Lyndon N et al. (2022). Use of modern technology and innovations to increase the productivity of oil palm smallholders. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 9(5): 9-17

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