Economic analysis of youth participation in agripreneurship in Benin

Kotu, Bekele Hundie

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e08738

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“…However, youth's negative opinion about opportunities for self-realization (AGR_SR) in agriculture reduced their intentions to work in agriculture. Similar results were found by Akrong and Kotu ( 42 ) stressing the negative perceptions among the youth about agribusiness. Vankov et al ( 43 ) have noticed that the youth's desire of self-realization and desire to become entrepreneur may be affected by cultural or geographical factors.…”

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confidence: 89%

Youth's (Un)willingness to work in agriculture sector

Girdžiūtė

Besuspariene

Nausėdienė

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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Work in agriculture is a significant area of research that highlights the problem of the integration of young people in the former, in particular, in the recent period. Work in agriculture is hard and not prestigious, and young people tend to leave rural areas in the search for alternative activities in urban areas. The study addresses the problem of how the youth should be integrated into agricultural workforce by focusing on identification of the reasons behind the (un)willingness to work in agriculture. The aim of the study is to assess the reasons behind the youth's (un)willingness of work in agriculture, using Lithuania as the case study. The data were collected by means of a questionnaire designed to investigate the perception and opinions toward work in agriculture. The Binary Logistic Regression was used to identify the factors affecting the youth's opinion about (un)willingness to work in agriculture. The study analyzed 430 young people 's responses to the questionnaires survey. The BLR has revealed that youth's unwillingness to work in agriculture is mostly affected by gender, area of residence and youths' beliefs that work in agriculture does not provide any opportunities for self-realization. In summary, this paper argues that the major motivation to work in agriculture is associated with having parents who are engaged in agricultural activities, love of animals and natural environment, and the availability of specialized training. The findings have confirmed the need to attract young people to work in agriculture. Its results are necessary for the scientific community, policy makers, farmers, and practitioners exploring the possibilities for integration of the youth into the agricultural workforce.

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confidence: 89%

Youth's (Un)willingness to work in agriculture sector

Girdžiūtė

Besuspariene

Nausėdienė

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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“…However, the extent to which youth contribute to households' welfare has gained little or no research attention despite a huge literature on rural youths (Adeyanju et al, 2021;Akrong & Kotu et al, 2022;Arslan et al, 2021a;Arslan et al, 2021a;Barsoum et al, 2017;Fasakin et al, 2022;Fawole et al, 2019;Ibrahim et al, 2021;Ng'atigwa et al, 2020;Osabohien et al, 2020;Osabohien et al, 2021;Rufai et al, 2021). Recent studies on rural households' welfare focus on the level of welfare (Donath et al, 2021;Delesalle, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

Youths' Contribution to Household Welfare in Rural Areas

Falola¹,

Mukaila²,

Akanbi³

et al. 2023

CJFY

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Rural households are faced with low purchasing power, poor food consumption, and poor general well-being. Youths are economically active, which could contribute to reducing these problems and improving rural development. However, the extent to which youths contribute to improving rural household welfare has gained little attention. Thus, this study assessed youths’ contributions to household welfare and the factors influencing their contributions to household welfare. Data were collected from 180 youths using a structured questionnaire and then subjected to descriptive and multiple regression statistical analysis. The findings revealed that youths contribute significantly to rural households’ welfare. The monthly income, access to credit, association membership, gender, age, and access to remittances are responsible for the level of youths’ contributions to household welfare. The challenges that prevent youths’ contribution to household welfare in rural areas were poor government support, poor credit facilities, unemployment, lack of access to business information and lack of training opportunities and vocational programmes. Government support to rural youths through the provision of grants and loans as start-up capital is needed to empower youths to contribute to their household welfare. Also, youths should be encouraged to go for vocational training to acquire a skill that could be a vehicle for a source of income.

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“…As such, it is important to note that strengthening the link between agriculture education and agriculture-related development priorities of the country is essential to obtain a fruitful outcome of education. Regrettably, agricultural sector is becoming less attractive for young people, especially in educated youth, in an increasing rate, which has become a global trend, so that they tend to move on to more dynamic and attractive employment sectors [5]. Youth are the future of a country with their limitless energy, knowledge and aspiration.…”

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confidence: 99%

Identifying Agri-Entrepreneurship Intention of Youth Engage in Agricultural Education: Referring Theory of Planned Behavior in Developing Context

Gunasinghe

Sachitra

2022

ARJA

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Agricultural sector is becoming less attractive for young people, especially in educated youth, in an increasing rate, which has become a global trend. One of the dominant factors which support the development of the youth agri-entrepreneurship intention while boosting the economy of the country is the agriculture education. The study aims to identify the factors that influencing entrepreneurial intention of youth engage in agricultural education in Sri Lanka. The study mainly allied with the conceptual extension of the theory being proposed through the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and analyzed three main factors; perceived behavior, subjective norms, and personal attitude towards outcome, that can create effects. The scope of the study included undergraduates who were undertaking studies in the agricultural spectrum. Quantitative research approach was employed and primary data were collected utilizing a structured questionnaire. The results indicated that the agri-entrepreneurship intention among Sri Lankan university students are mostly influenced through their personal attitudes and perceived behaviors while the subjective norms have a lack of impact when compared with the studies that have been conducted in other countries. The results of the study could serve as the major guidelines to address the content that was lacking in entrepreneurial education in the agricultural spectrum. The study presents the areas through which the developments in education can be made and these can be used as the major focus areas for educators, policy makers and the students.

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Economic analysis of youth participation in agripreneurship in Benin

Cited by 24 publications

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Youth's (Un)willingness to work in agriculture sector

Youth's (Un)willingness to work in agriculture sector

Youths' Contribution to Household Welfare in Rural Areas

Identifying Agri-Entrepreneurship Intention of Youth Engage in Agricultural Education: Referring Theory of Planned Behavior in Developing Context

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