Determinants of Participation in Youth-in-Agriculture Programme in Ondo State, Nigeria

Adesina, Thomas Kehinde; Eforuoku, Favour

doi:10.4314/jae.v20i2.8

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“…The majority of the respondents had formal education with 46.7% completing secondary education, 28 % completed primary education, while 12 % and 13.3 % had vocational and tertiary qualification respectively. Thus there was high literacy rate (Motiang & Webb, 2015) among the respondents which implies that formal education may increase chances of participating or adopting modern agriculture innovations and technologies that would improve agriculture productivity (Adesina, 2016). Male headed households owned more goats than female headed households although female headed households sold more goats.…”

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Why Goat Farming in Northern Communal Areas of Namibia Is not Commercialised: The Case of Ogongo Constituency

Togarepi¹,

Thomas²,

Mika³

2018

JSD

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In Namibia, goat products are not found in the formal markets include retail shops. This is despite several attempts by the government of Namibia to promote goat products in the formal sector. At household level however, goat meat is a delicacy. This study therefore seeks to provide possible reasons for the unavailability of goat products in Northern Namibia focussing on the supply side of the goat market. A structured survey questionnaire was employed among 75 goat farmers in Ogongo Constituency, Omusati Region in North Central Namibia. The data sought included production, offtake and marketing of goats as well as challenges faced. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the data and multiple linear regression was employed to determine the factors influencing offtake rate. The offtake rate (percent of goats sold) was estimated as 2.8% from the data, which is very low. The offtake rate was significantly influenced by age of the head of household (p<0.01), education level of the household head (p<0.01) and marital status (p<0.01). On the other hand, goat production was affected by other challenges such as unavailability of marketing infrastructure, diseases, grazing shortages, and frequent droughts. The implications of these findings on policy include provision of incentives to farmers to sale as well as providing marketing infrastructure. Thus the study recommends the sensitization of communal farmers on economic potential of selling goats to alleviate poverty and to improve livelihoods through income generation.

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Why Goat Farming in Northern Communal Areas of Namibia Is not Commercialised: The Case of Ogongo Constituency

Togarepi¹,

Thomas²,

Mika³

2018

JSD

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“…However, many of these studies are not sector-specific [8,[15][16][17][18]. The few that focused on youth agripreneurship are not impact studies [19,20]. Furthermore, those that exist outside Nigeria are equally not sector-specific [21][22][23][24][25][26].…”

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Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurship: Assessing the Impact of Agricultural Training Programmes on Performance

2021

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Using the case of the Fadama Graduate Unemployed Youth and Women Support (GUYS) programme, this study investigated the impact of agricultural training programmes on youth agripreneurship performance in Nigeria. A total of 977 respondents comprising of 455 participants of the programme and 522 non-participants were sampled across three states in Nigeria. Data were collected using a well-structured questionnaire programmed on Open Data Kit (ODK). Data were analysed using the Endogenous Treatment Effect Regression (ETER) model. The probit model results revealed that participation in the programme was significantly influenced by age, years of formal education, marital status, current residence, employment type, and perception of training. The empirical analysis showed that after controlling for endogeneity, participation in the programme led to better performance which was measure in terms of average income from agripreneurship activities. These findings highlight the significance of training in improving the performance of young agripreneurs and suggest the need to encourage and out-scale programmes such as the Fadama GUYS, both in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa as they can contribute to better performance of youth-owned agribusiness firms.

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“…However, the factors that influence this low participation by youth in the mango value‐chain in Ghana is largely unknown. Although participation in agriculture by youth has been extensively studied, these studies have mainly focused on prospects and challenges to participation of youth in agriculture as well as the determinants of participation of youth in agricultural programs (Adesina & Favour, 2016; Afande et al, 2012; Auta et al, 2010; Cheteni, 2016; Naamwintome & Bagson, 2013) and perceptions of youth about agriculture (Njeru, 2017; Sumberg et al, 2017). To date, no study has specifically examined participation of youth in the mango value chain in Ghana.…”

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Youth agripreneurship in the horticultural value‐chain: The case of small‐scale mango farmers in Southern Ghana

Mbogoh

Irungu

2020

African Development Review

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Development partners are promoting youth entrepreneurship in agriculture (agripreneurship) in sub-Saharan Africa. While youth engagement in food crop production and marketing has received a lot of attention on both policy and academic fronts, the low level of involvement of youth in the horticultural value-chain has received little attention. To this end, this study assessed the factors that influence participation of youth in the horticultural value-chain. Using the multistage sampling technique, data were collected from 224 mango-producing households in southern Ghana. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the binary logit model. The study found that there exist differences between the youth and older farmers in terms of socioeconomic factors including education, household size, and income, and institutional support services including certification, credit, extension services and group membership. The results of the econometric model revealed that age, education, and access to credit and extension services motivate youth participation in agriculture. Access to credit and ownership of motorized transport encouraged participation of older farmers in high value markets. The study recommends that development partners provide credit facilities and capacity development through agricultural training and extension services to enhance youth participation in high value markets.

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Determinants of Participation in Youth-in-Agriculture Programme in Ondo State, Nigeria

Abstract: The study examined the determinants of participation in Youth-In-Agriculture Programme (YIAP)

Cited by 29 publications

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Why Goat Farming in Northern Communal Areas of Namibia Is not Commercialised: The Case of Ogongo Constituency

Why Goat Farming in Northern Communal Areas of Namibia Is not Commercialised: The Case of Ogongo Constituency

Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurship: Assessing the Impact of Agricultural Training Programmes on Performance

Youth agripreneurship in the horticultural value‐chain: The case of small‐scale mango farmers in Southern Ghana

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