Effect of agripreneurship on employment and income generation in cattle fattening business in Nigeria

Obayelu, A.E., Federal Univ. of Agriculture, Abeokuta; Olaniyi, A., Nigeria Youth Agripreneurs Unit, Ibadan; Ogbe, A., Federal Univ. of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Effect of agripreneurship on employment and income generation in cattle fattening business in Nigeria

2019

Obayelu, A.E., Federal Univ. of Agriculture, Abeokuta (Nigeria) | Olaniyi, A., Nigeria Youth Agripreneurs Unit, Ibadan (Nigeria) | Ogbe, A., Federal Univ. of Agriculture, Abeokuta (Nigeria)

Unemployment is a major issue in Nigeria because the youth finds it difficult or impossible to secure jobs that meet their expectations. There appears to be a mismatch between graduate skills and those sought by employers. The study investigated the effect of International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) youth Agripreneurs (IYA) programme on employment and income generation on cattle fattening enterprise under the N2Africa Borno youth project. A two-stage sampling procedure was used to select IYA participants and non-participants. Results revealed that the majority of respondents were males in both categories. It also indicated that youths who are in their productive age are more into cattle fattening enterprise in both categories. The study also found that, unemployment and skill acquisition are the main driving reasons for participating in IYA. It also indicated that both categories of respondents’ required external capital support for start-up of their enterprise, and that IYA programme participants on the average earn more income per month than nonparticipants. IYA programme participants generated more employment opportunities which implied that the programme had not only empowered participants but also made the participants’ become employers. The study recommended that there is a need to support youths with funds, access to trainings on capacity development and skill acquisition to make them self-employed and job creators.

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Bibliographic information

Published in

Rural Sustainability Research (Electronic resource) (Latvia) | Scientific journal of Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies

Volume 41 Issue 336 ISSN 2256-0939

Pagination

p. 16–21

Other Subjects

Metodos estadisticos; Creacion de capacidad; Coleccion de datos; Male; Collecte de donnees; Enseignement superieur; Developpement des capacites; Methode statistique; Investigacion; Ensenanza superior; Developpement rural; Agripreneurship

Language

English

Note

Summary (En)

3 tables, 11 ref.

Continues edition: Proceedings of the Latvia University of Agriculture, ISSN 2255-8535 (Online), ISSN 1407-4427 (Print)

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Web Site; As

In AGRIS since: 2019-09-15

Format: AGRIS AP

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