The acceptance of agriculture sector towards the employment of ex-convicts

Razani, Muhamad Imran (2019) The acceptance of agriculture sector towards the employment of ex-convicts. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Agriculture is the most comprehensive word that used to denote the many ways in which crop plants and domestic animals sustain the global human population by providing food and other products. The Oxford English Dictionary (1971) defines which agriculture very broadly as “The science and art of cultivating the soil, including the allied pursuits of gathering in the crops and rearing live stock (sic); tillage, husbandry, farming (in the widest sense). The practice of agriculture is also known as "farming", while scientists, inventors and others involved to improving farming methods and implements are also be engaged in agriculture. We see that Malaysia is one of the exporter of agriculture source in Asia. According to (Quah, 1999), the agriculture sector in Malaysia has experienced a decline since the Government focusing more on the industrial and service sectors in the 1990s. Rate Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is expected to decline from 13.5 per cent for 1995 to 7.2 percent in 2010. Convicts are given a chance and under proper guidance and training during in the prisons, they are equipped with skills that can help them when they return to society after they finish serving their sentences. Some of the main skills that they are taught include cooking, catering, bakery, frozen food, tailoring, dobby, handicraft, and spa and facial services. Some, of them would also be involved in agriculture activities to produce vegetables and fish

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