Civic agriculture concept as an educational strategy for the formation of good citizens to sustainably protect the environment

This research shows that in agrarian countries,the farmers’ life pattern changes from agricultural to non-agricultural. this condition is caused by their low access to lands,which results in poverty and lost generation of the farmer. this research used the socio legal approach,which is the integration between legal research and social research. the results of research: 1) civic agriculture is a concept,which is developed in a society,which bears agrarian potentials in which the citizens are aware of their agrarian culture identity. the concept of civic agriculture is relevant to the theory of ecological citizenship as a form of awareness to perform collective movement which is based on the bond of citizenship in an agrarian country; 2) the important thing to do is to create citizens’ awareness to know more about civic agriculture; therefore,the citizens will have responsibilities and concerns in applying it in their attitudes as to implement citizens’ abilities in utilising land as agrarian resource in order to preserve sustainable environment. the developed educational strategy is oriented to the adherence to the agrarian laws as to prevent the land utilization for merely personal and economic interests. © universiti putra malaysia press.