Contribution of agriculture sector towards economic growth / Marcella Asim

• Main Author: Asim, Marcella
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Economics; Business cycles. Economic fluctuations. Economic indicators; Income. Income distribution. National income. Including gross national product, gross domestic product, and gross state product
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/39721/1/39721.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/39721/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Paperwork has been conducted to estimate agricultural sector contribution to the country that has been selected. This paper uses a data panel to find the answer, the study has chosen 10 years (2006-2015) and 10 countries to get the results. In this paper it shows and analyzes the contribution of the agricultural sector to exports and jobs in the chosen country. Based on economists, the agricultural sector has two functions. 1) The agricultural sector has an important role as a source which develops the industrial sector and agriculture. 2) The agricultural sector is also one of the major markets in industrial products that help modernize traditional production techniques by providing modern input, technology and improve management skills. The findings of the study show that the agriculture in export does not affect the GDP, in this study also found that employment has a positive relationship to the GDP.