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Malaysia once became the top-listing country in rubber production worldwide. However, in the couple last decades, the country rubber production is starting to drop significantly. Many reasons may be the cause of this problem. One of them is the reduction in the numbers of estate companies and smallholders. Almost 90% of the country’s rubber production is owned by the local smallholders. Most of them are registered with the Rural Industry Smallholder Authority (RISDA). RISDA’s officers are responsible for delivering useful knowledge and technologies to the smallholders. However, some factors may affect the rubber production of local smallholders that result in the reduction of production. The study aims to determine the most influential factor that are might becoming the factors in the difficulty of the rubber smallholders to increase rubber production. In this study, the factors involved are motivation, skill, technology, and climate. This study was conducted at Batu Kurau, Perak via a questionnaire method that involved 127 respondents by using the random sampling technique. The random sampling technique is beneficial in reducing bias. The data collected was run and tested for descriptive analysis and regression by using SPSS version 23. Through regression, the result shows that skill is the most influencing factor that causes a decrease in rubber production in Batu Kurau, Perak. In a nutshell, this study is beneficial for reference by the RISDA officers and the smallholders to determine the proper solution needed for low rubber production issues based on the factors included in the study especially the skill factor.
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To Cite this Article: Ismail, S., Ismail, N. A., & Ali, I. M. (2021). Challenges of Rubber Smallholders in Increasing the Rubber Productivity in Batu Kurau, Perak. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(2), 241–249.
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