ANALYZING WAQIF INTENTIONS IN FOOD SECURITY WAQF

Abstract

ABSTRACT The increase in the population in developing countries, specifically Malaysia, poses a hazard to food security. This study interest lies to observe the prospects for food security of rice as Malaysia’s staple food. Malaysia has been producing insufficient rice in ten years back and over a quarter of the needs of rice in Malaysia is fulfil by imported rice. Few studies have recommended to widely implement waqf for food security purposes in Malaysia. Thus, this study aims to determine the factors that could influence the intention of waqif to contribute in waqf for food security purposes. This study is deductive research and quantitative research. The finding shows that moral norms, personal responsibility, social norms, and normative beliefs has influenced the intention of waqif to contribute waqf. This study aims to add literature on the factors that could influence waqif’s intention to contribute waqf for food security purposes in Malaysia.