Determinants of agricultural competitiveness: the case of pineapple production among smallholders in Johor, Malaysia

Md Suhaimi N.H., . and Abdul Fatah F., . and Saili A.R., . and Ali R., . (2022) Determinants of agricultural competitiveness: the case of pineapple production among smallholders in Johor, Malaysia. Food Research (Malaysia), 6 (S1). pp. 101-111. ISSN 2550-2166

Pineapple is a tropical fruit that contains great nutritional values and fine flavour with high export potential and provides income generation for many smallholders in Malaysia. In 2019, Malaysia exported pineapple-based products worth RM419 million. Therefore, this paper aimed to analyse the competitiveness of pineapple in Malaysia, which was relatively understudied in the literature, especially in Asia. In this study, the level of competitiveness of fresh pineapple production among smallholders at the farm level was evaluated using an extension to the Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM). The extension provides a disaggregate analysis that has allowed the development of the distribution of competitiveness scores for each pineapple production at individual farms, taking into consideration the drawbacks of the use of aggregated data. In the second stage of the analysis, the multiple regression method was used to examine the key determinants that affected the competitiveness of pineapple production. A sample of 191 smallholders was randomly selected in Johor. The results demonstrated that Malaysian smallholders particularly in Johor had strong comparative advantages in the production of pineapple. The findings showed the Social Cost Benefit (SCB) value was less than 1, which means at a social price, the average smallholders were socially profitable and internationally competitive. However, by using disaggregated data, the results proved that some smallholders were not producing social profits where 29% of them remained uncompetitive internationally. Apart from that, the results of regression analysis revealed that the competitiveness of pineapple production was significantly influenced by age, working experience, farm size and the variety of pineapple. To conclude, the study presented recommendations for the potential enhancement of viability and competitiveness of pineapple smallholders.

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Abstract

Pineapple is a tropical fruit that contains great nutritional values and fine flavour with high export potential and provides income generation for many smallholders in Malaysia. In 2019, Malaysia exported pineapple-based products worth RM419 million. Therefore, this paper aimed to analyse the competitiveness of pineapple in Malaysia, which was relatively understudied in the literature, especially in Asia. In this study, the level of competitiveness of fresh pineapple production among smallholders at the farm level was evaluated using an extension to the Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM). The extension provides a disaggregate analysis that has allowed the development of the distribution of competitiveness scores for each pineapple production at individual farms, taking into consideration the drawbacks of the use of aggregated data. In the second stage of the analysis, the multiple regression method was used to examine the key determinants that affected the competitiveness of pineapple production. A sample of 191 smallholders was randomly selected in Johor. The results demonstrated that Malaysian smallholders particularly in Johor had strong comparative advantages in the production of pineapple. The findings showed the Social Cost Benefit (SCB) value was less than 1, which means at a social price, the average smallholders were socially profitable and internationally competitive. However, by using disaggregated data, the results proved that some smallholders were not producing social profits where 29% of them remained uncompetitive internationally. Apart from that, the results of regression analysis revealed that the competitiveness of pineapple production was significantly influenced by age, working experience, farm size and the variety of pineapple. To conclude, the study presented recommendations for the potential enhancement of viability and competitiveness of pineapple smallholders.

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Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	10th Kuala Lumpur International Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Conference 2021
AGROVOC Term:	pineapples
AGROVOC Term:	smallholders
AGROVOC Term:	economic competition
AGROVOC Term:	crop production
AGROVOC Term:	profitability
AGROVOC Term:	surveys
AGROVOC Term:	statistical methods
AGROVOC Term:	production possibilities
Geographical Term:	Malaysia
Depositing User:	Mr. Khoirul Asrimi Md Nor
Date Deposited:	04 Mar 2026 06:29
Last Modified:	04 Mar 2026 06:29
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3531

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