KECENDERUNGAN KANAK-KANAK TERHADAP BIDANG AGROPRENEUR: KAJIAN KES DI PUSAT AKTIVITI KANAK-KANAK KUALA MUDA, MALAYSIA
Children’s Tendency Towards Agropreneurship: A Case Study of Pusat Aktiviti Kanak-Kanak Kuala Muda, Malaysia
Abstract
Abstract: The government's efforts to strengthen the country's food security program are actively implemented through the Young Agropreneur Program. However,the response rate of young people to participate in agropreneurship is still marginal. Therefore, it is crucial to create interest and awareness among young people as early as childhood toward agropreneurship to support the government's aims. This study only focuses on the tendency toward agropreneurship among children at Kuala Muda Children's Activity Center. The intention is to examine the children's inclination toward agropreneurship by identifying the level of interest, knowledge, attitude, and external support towards the field. The study sample consisted of 20 children, and the research method used was interviews and observation. The findings revealed that the interest and knowledge of children at Kuala Muda Children's Activity Center might influence their tendency to participate in agropreneurship. However, the influence of the children's attitude and support toward the field is low. Therefore, the results of this study can provide information to policymakers to derive plans to support, assist and provide incentives such as funds for agroproneurship programs to encourage young people as early as childhood. Besides, it can also increase researchers' understanding of the children's attitude, knowledge, and support towards this field. This understanding can further help the university to provide appropriate programs to cultivate and increase agropreneurial tendencies among children, especially in Children's Activity Centers throughout Malaysia.
Keywords: Agropreneur; Descriptive Analysis; Children; PAKK Kuala Muda
Abstrak: Usaha kerajaan untuk memperkukuhkan sekuriti makanan negara melalui Program Agropreneur Muda sedang giat dijalankan. Namun, peratusan sambutan golongan muda untuk menyertai bidang agropreneur ini masih kecil. Justeru, ianya penting bagi menimbulkan minat dan kesedaran kepada golongan muda seawal usia kanak-kanak untuk cenderung ke arah bidang agropreneur bagi sama-sama menyokong hasrat kerajaan. Kajian ini hanya memfokuskan kepada kecenderungan kepada bidang agropreneur dalam kalangan kanak-kanak di Pusat Aktiviti Kanak- Kanak Kuala Muda. Objektif kepada kajian ini ialah untuk mengupas kecenderungan kanak- kanak terhadap bidang agropreneur dengan mengenal pasti tahap sikap, pengetahuan, dan sokongan terhadap bidang tersebut. Sampel kajian terdiri daripada 20 orang kanak-kanak serta metod kajian yang digunakan adalah melalui temubual dan pemerhatian. Kajian ini mendapati bahawa minat dan pengetahuan kanak-kanak di PAKK Kuala Muda dapat mempengaruhi kecenderungan mereka untuk menyertai bidang agropreneur. Namun begitu, sikap kanak-kanak dan sokongan untuk mereka cenderung ke arah bidang tersebut masih lagi pada tahap kurang memberangsangkan. Oleh itu, hasil kajian ini dapat memberikan gambaran awal kepada penggubal dasar untuk mendorong golongan muda seawal usia kanak-kanak melalui sokongan, bantuan serta insentif seperti memperuntukkan dana kewangan untuk program yang menghala ke arah bidang agropreneur. Disamping itu, para penyelidik juga dapat meningkatkan pemahaman mengenai minat, pengetahuan, sikap, dan sokongan kepada golongan kanak-kanak terhadap bidang agropreneur. Pemahaman ini seterusnya dapat membantu pihak universiti dalam menyediakan program yang bersesuaian bagi membudayakan dan meningkatkan kecenderungan bidang agropreneur dalam kalangan kanak-kanak, khususnya di Pusat Aktiviti Kanak- kanak di seluruh Malaysia.
Kata kunci: Agropreneur; Analisa deksriptif; Kanak- Kanak; PAKK Kuala Muda
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