Producers’ perceptions of public good agricultural practices and their pesticide use: The case of MyGAP for durian farming in Pahang, Malaysia

Yuichiro Amekawa, Ng Chuck Chuan, Linda A. Lumayag, Guan Huat Tan, Chee Seng Wong, Lukman B Abdulra’uf, Hui Bing Tan, Wen Xi Tai, She Mei Tan, Chai Hong Liu and Jing Lim Chee

Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, 2017, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: This paper investigates the local implementation of Malaysian public GAP standard called MyGAP by examining its effectiveness in raising the awareness and improving the pesticide use practices of participant small-scale farmers toward better food safety and quality assurance. For this objective, 19 MyGAP certified and 57 uncertified durian farms in the state of Pahang, Malaysia were surveyed. The research found that certified farm managers have a much better understanding of the basic intent of the policy than uncertified farms, reflecting the individually oriented interests and motivations of participant farmers in the national scheme. Their interests in and assessment of the merits of the scheme are found to concentrate in economic realms rather than in the original policy goal of food safety and quality assurance. As regards pesticide use practices, certified farms showed a much better performance than uncertified farms in record keeping and pesticide use and management. There remains a question, however, whether it is due to the farming practices improved through MyGAP adoption or due to the participation of farms already well-performing prior to MyGAP adoption.

Keywords: MyGAP; Public GAP standard; Food safety; Pesticide use; Durian farming; Malaysia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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