Factor influencing youth in aquaculture industry in Kelantan

Abstract

For as one can remember, aquaculture has been considered as an important activity and sector nowadays even though it is not one of the demanding and an attractive alternative to other work sectors like public sector employment. In the beginning of 1920’s, the aquaculture activity in Malaysia has developed rapidly and become as one of an important activity. Aquaculture is becoming important as a way of increasing local production for food security and increasing export revenues. The main purpose of this research is to identify the factors that influence youth interest to become an aquaculture entrepreneur. In this context, 40 youth in University Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) has been selected as respondents. This study used two methods which are qualitative and quantitative as the best way to address the issue of aquaculture entrepreneurship. The simple random sampling technique was applied to collect the data. The respondents selected are those who have interest in the aquaculture business.