NAME : MUHAMMAD IFFAT NAJWAN B MOHD RAZAK

CLAS : N4AM1104i
MATRIC NO : 2019275458

Discuss any 3 significance of rural development in Malaysia

(15marks)

The first significance of rural development in Malaysia is to

promote econmic growth in our country.The growth of economic is
important to our country because it will ensure the development in
our country rural sector contributes to the Malaysian economy
through agricultural inputs which are raw materials and output
which is food since the 1960s and 1970s. At that time, the majority
of the rural population carried on the economy of agriculture,
livestock and fishing. For example, at this time rural areas become
a community -based tourism sector where local residences that
share nature with visitors. This can be proven by the Ministry of
Tourism opened chalets in Kota Tinggi , Johor which provided for
visitors from abroad or within the country. The benefit is to
increase employment opportunities for rural communities.

Reduce the migration of young people to urban areas

because there are no job opportunities is the second significance
of rural development. This is because the process of rural
migration to the city has resulted in rural areas inhabited by the
elderly and less productive. Therefore, Rural development will
provide various programs to young people and increase
employment opportunities such as in the agricultural sector which
requires quality and productive produce requires a quality
workforce. Through the programs conducted, young people can
learn about agriculture and be ready to work in the agricultural
sector. The negative impact of the migration of young people to the
city has resulted in most of the paddy farmers and rubber tappers
being worked by farmers aged 60 and above, oil palm plantation
workers are dominated by foreign workers.

The third significant of rural development in Malaysia is to

encourage public participation in planning, implementing, and
using development products. This is because the rural population
is the main key in the development, growth, and modernization of
the country since independence and the launch of the new
economic policy (NEP) which causes the rural population is not
neglected or marginalized. has created an innovation for young
farmers with modern methods that can guarantee effectiveness in
the agricultural sector.Therefore, the benefits are not only
providing employment opportunities to the rural community but
various other aspects such as developing this area with various
infrastructure and basic facilities such as roads, electricity supply,
clean water and so on.