Youth participation in agricultural micro And small scale enterprises in setema District, jimma zone, oromia region, south Western, ethiopia
2025
Shibiru Gedefa | Tamiru Chalchisa | Geremew Motuma
Agriculture has ample potentials to absorb a large number of people including youths. However, due to many cases, high number of youths tends to stand away from the subsector. As a result, rural job creation works were started in Setema district by participating youths in different agricultural enterprises in the form of enterprise groups and cooperatives. This study aimed to analyze the determinants of youths’ participation in agricultural micro and small enterprises in Setema district, Jimma zone. The cross sectional research designed and multi stage sampling procedure was applied. The study used primary data collected from 202(male=144 and female=58 sampled youth respondents. Additional information was also collected from focus group discussion, key informant interview and researcher’s personal observation. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics using binary logistic regression econometrics model using STATA, version-13 software. Qualitative data were analyzed by narration to compare with and triangulate survey responses. The results of the study indicated as the agricultural micro and small enterprises’ established in the study area created jobs and improved the income of youths. the results of binary logistic regression analysis showed that among those six proposed independent variables that include (i) sex of the youth, (ii) education level
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