Knowledge, atttitude and practice of agro based food processing technology among small medium entrepreneurs by Azman, Norsyahirah

“…Most developing countries recognize the importance of the small and medium scale enterprise (SME) sector for economic development. However, the establishment and successful operation of small scale food processing enterprises also have face several constraints and we do not know how far they can solve the problem related. …”
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Productivity of Zanzibar Tourism Projects Under the Private Direct Investments (1990-99) by Khalfan, Mohammed Hafidh

“…Economists claim that, there are two prime sources contributing to economic growth of a nation, employment growth and productivity growth. …”
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Exchange market pressure in identifying currency crisis and its effectiveness in monetary policy in selected Asian countries by Tey, Sheik Kyin

“…Thus, in this study, the main findings are: (1) more flexible currency is associated with higher volatility; (2) the higher degree of trade openness assists to amplify the impact of shocks in the economy; (3) the currency crisis is transmittable among major trade partners and/or competitors; (4) the economic fundamental is related to the incidence of currency crisis and supports the first-generation model of speculative attacks; (5) the responses of the currency pressure to monetary policies shocks are varied between Asian financial crisis and global financial crisis; and (6) the monetary policy stances are ineffective in decreasing currency pressure. …”
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Performance of animal fat-based biodiesel on micro-gas turbine by Alrashidi, Naser A Z S

“…The results found in this study indicated that the biodiesel blends used is applicable and demonstrated great potential to be used as an alternative fuel to operate small engine with B20 was economically and less polluting the environment.…”
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Toxicity assessment of reduced graphene oxide and titanium dioxide nanoparticles on growth of microorganisms by Ahmad, Nurul Shahidah

“…The latter technique was found to be ideal for fast, easy, non-destructive, economical method and can be used for on-site measurement on viable cell count and thus was used for the subsequent part of this work. …”
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Trade liberalization impacts on labor market in Iran by Mahmoudi, Abdollah

“…For more than three decades Iran's labor market faced high unemployment rates and wage system problems. Economic inefficiency, social crisis, and wide income gaps are highly related to unemployment and labor wages. …”
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Effect of internet use on relationship between civic participation and political participation among low-income urban youth in Malaysia by Samsuddin, Jamali

“…It is important to focus on this particular segment of society as past studies have found that marginalization hindered their participation in social, political and economic processes. This quantitative study surveyed low-income urban youth to examine: (i) the level of their Internet use; (ii) the level of their political and civic participation; and (iii) the confounding effect of Internet use on the relationship between civic participation and political participation. …”
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Development of starch/cellulose nanofiber bionanocomposite films containing thymol as active food packaging material by Othman, Siti Hajar, Nordin, Norhazirah, Kadir Basha, Roseliza, Abdul Rashid, Suraya

“…In conclusion, this study will be advantageous to the agri-food and packaging industries, whereby the new environmentally friendly active food packaging material can be produced and applied to improve the shelf life of food products and has the potential to be commercialized, contributing to economic growth.…”

Consumer’s satisfaction towards Goods and Services Tax (GST) implementation on agro-based products by Muhamad, Nur Aminin

“…Recommendation for this study are GST should be implemented considering to consumers’ income and residential area; special provision should be provided towards low income earners; violation regarding to transparency of GST should be avoided; and there should be constant improvement of economic achievement.…”
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Impact of microfinance scheme towards quality of life among rural dwellers in Abia State of Nigeria by Onyebuchi, Umeh Valentine

“…As such this initiative as a form of economic community development has the potential to be implemented in a wider scale to improve the life of the rural community in Nigeria.…”
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Agricultural students’ attitude towards agricultural entrepreneur as a career by Mat Sulaiman, Nur Nadzirah

“…Despite of food security tribulation and slow economic growth, agriculture entrepreneur is a high potential and important career that requires deep passion and enthusiast attitude. …”
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Effects of advisory services on growth of small scale food manufacturers in Selangor, Malaysia by Ahmad, Suwardi Afandi

“…Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been instrumental to the growth of Malaysia's economic development. Among the significant contribution was in terms of providing employment, increased export and national income. …”
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Unboxing the black box on the dimensions of social globalisation and the efficiency of microfinance institutions in Asia by Hussain, Hafezali Iqbal, Katarzyna, Szczepańska Woszczyna, Kamarudin, Fakarudin, Mohamad Anwar, Nazratul Aina, Mohd Saudi, Mohd Haizam

Lacto-fermented polypeptides integrated with edible coatings for mango mangifera indica L. bio-preservation by Ranjith, Fernando H., Muhialdin, Belal J., Arroo, Randolph, Yusof, Noor Liyana, Mohammed, Nameer K., Meor Hussin, Anis Shobirin

“…Fungal diseases create large economic losses and present a health risk for consumers due to the production of mycotoxins (aflatoxin and patulin). …”

Multi-attribute decision-making approach for a cost-effective and sustainable energy system considering weight assignment analysis by Konneh, Keifa Vamba, Masrur, Hasan, Othman, Mohammad Lutfi, Takahashi, Hiroshi, Krishna, Narayanan, Senjyu, Tomonobu

“…Hybrid Optimization of Multiple Energy Resources (HOMER) software is used in the first optimization to optimally design the various system configurations based on techno-economic and environmental characteristics. A Multi-Attribute Decision-Making (MADM) Model that takes into account in the second optimization, the Combinative Distance-based Assessment System (CODAS) algorithm, and various methods of assigning weights to the attributes is used to rank the best configuration. …”

The practice of imidazolinone-resistant rice production in the irrigated rice fields of Kg Sungai Leman by A. K., Engku, M., Norida, D., Omar, N., Asib, S., Yusoff, A. B., Halimatunsadiah

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Alterations in Microrhizome induction, shoot multiplication and rooting of Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) var. Bentong with regards to sucrose and plant growth regulators appl... by Ahmad Zahid, Nisar, Jaafar, Hawa Z. E., Hakiman, Mansor

“…As its rhizomes are the economic part of the plant, the allocation of a large amount of rhizomes as planting materials increases agricultural input cost. …”

Health risk associated with nitrate exposure from groundwater intake among respondents of Keting Village, Bachok District, Kelantan State, Malaysia by Mat Yusof, Muhammad Azri, Mohd Sham, Shaharuddin

“…Most rural areas in Kelantan state still depend on well water as their primary water source. Their main economic activity is agriculture which uses high amounts of nitrate fertilizer to nurture their crops. …”
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Effect of sandwich compost leachate on allium tuberosum seed germination by Chooi, Lin Phooi, Azman, Elisa Azura, Ismail, Roslan, Shahruddin, Shafeeqa

“…It is widely used as a flavouring herb with high economic potential; however, its seed germination time is long and requires pre-treatment such as crushing and seed priming to speed up the germination process. …”
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Actor-Network Theory approach in aligning divergences in policies governing rural tourism in Semporna, Sabah by Siow, May Ling

“…This indicates that the main aspects of rural tourism policies comprising of economic, social and environment factors must not be assumed in isolation and evolves around human and non-human continuum. …”
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