Factors influencing perception towards agriculture field in high level education among public University students in East Coast Region

Abstract

The agriculture sector has been the backbone of economy especially for producing agricultural products, food security, and the employment generation. However, sadly the intake patent for agriculture field in the public university in Malaysia shows the lowest number. Most youths are not interested in agriculture education in university due to their perception that agriculture courses are not as attractive as other courses. This study is aimed at determining the factors influencing the perception towards the agriculture field in high level education among public university students from across the East Coast Region, in Malaysia. Data that were collected through a questionnaire were analysed using descriptive analysis to achieve the aim of the study. The findings demonstrated that attitude was the most significant factor influencing the perception towards agriculture in high level education. Hopefully, this study can help other research to gain the perception of the students towards agriculture in the future.