Date of Award

1-1-2001

Thesis Type

Masters

Document Type

Thesis

Divisions

Faculty of Business and Economics

Department

-

Institution

Universiti Malaya

Abstract

This study viewed how internally and externally induced factors could give impact towards the scope and direction of the national agricultural sector development. The agricultural sector played a vital role in generating national economic development via its contributions as a source of national income, employment for the majority community of rural areas and as a strategic sector that provides the national foods needs. In line with the tremendous development and achievement of the national economy particularly since the 1980s, the sector had shown deterioration in terms of its contribution to the GDP, employment and value-added of the sector. The deterioration factors which were linked to the weaknesses and deficiencies in the sector had caught serious attention of the government and policymakers manifested through the creation of national agricultural policies. The latest development is the National Agricultural Policy Ill (1998-2010), which was launched after the second half of this new millennium aimed at creating new dimensions into the traditional sector. Apart from external factor of world commodities price fluctuations, the sector is currently exposed to another threat', namely, the WTO and its unfair agricultural-related regulations. Negotiations were initiated to fulfill the US-EU dispute to monopolize world agricultural markets among Third World countries. This study attempts to put forward a crucial consideration for the development of the agricultural sector as the country progresses in the wave of globalization and in pursuit of justifiable economic development in the country.

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Dissertation (M.A) -- Faculty of Business and Economics, Universiti Malaya, 2001.

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