Title: DETERMINANTS OF YOUTH’S PARTICIPATION IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES: CASE STUDY OF COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN EKITI STATE, NIGERIA
Abstract: The study examined the patterns and determinants of youths’participation in the Commercial Agricultural Development Programme in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Data were obtained from all 239 registered participants of the programme via the questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and Probit Regression Model were the tools for data analyses. Most of the respondents (86.4%) were between 31 and 40 years of age, male (89.7%), married (85.3%) and had a tertiary level of education (82.6%). Only 40.76% of the respondents participated actively in the programme. About half of the respondents (49.5%) were full-time farmers, 28.8% worked a minimum of 5 days a week on the farm and worked an average of 6 hours per day. The socio-economic determinants of participation were age, educational level, marital status, years of experience and nature of participation (p<0.01). The study concluded that the level of participation of youths in the Programme was low and influenced by participants’ age, marital status, and level of education, experience and nature of participation. The study recommends that the program should focus more on graduates of tertiary institutions. The existing participants who are not graduates and future non-graduate recruits would require closer guidance and monitoring for performance.
Publication Year: 2020
Publication Date: 2020-05-25
Language: en
Type: article
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