Models Supporting the Engagement of the Youth in Smart Agricultural Enterprises

Nhamo, Nhamo; Chikoye, David

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“…Examples of these are the Ghana Youth Social Entrepreneurship Program, The Youth Entrepreneurship and Innovation Multi-Donor Trust Fund (YEI Trust Fund) programme, and the Pan-African Youth Entrepreneur Development (PAYED). The motivation of youth inclusion in business, particularly agribusiness, has partly been attributed to concerns for the industry's continuity in the face of increasing levels of chronic diseases which threaten aging farmer communities and the high youth unemployment rate (Aphunu and Atoma 2010;Nhamo and Chikoye 2017). Forecasts of a swelling global population have further encouraged the transfer of food production activities to younger, more energetic, and productive members of society (Pindado and Sánchez 2017).…”

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Youth perceptions of agriculture: influence of cognitive processes on participation in agripreneurship

Magagula¹,

Tsvakirai²

2019

Development in Practice

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This article investigates the nature of youth perceptions and their influence on youth's intentions of engaging in agripreneurship. The study findings reveal that the youth held positive economic perceptions of the agricultural sector. Along with the provision of secondary school agricultural education and a significant amount of financial support, these perceptions positively influenced their intentions to participate in agripreneurship. The findings affirm the need for improving awareness of the economic opportunities available in the agricultural sector. The study recommends that programmes that aim to encourage agripreneurship target both the socioeconomic and cognitive limitations of youths.

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Youth perceptions of agriculture: influence of cognitive processes on participation in agripreneurship

Magagula¹,

Tsvakirai²

2019

Development in Practice

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“…The approach of agribusiness as smart agriculture will change the youth's perception of the agricultural sector-model smart agriculture for the youth, especially the unemployed (Nhamo and Chikoye, 2017a). Smart agribusiness increases productivity and agricultural value (Sung, 2016).…”

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Youth perceptions of paddy agribusiness to increase interest in becoming paddy farmers in South Borneo

2023

Int. J. Biosci.

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The concept of paddy agribusiness is a more modern perspective on paddy farming. The interconnection between subsystems will elevate the cultivation subsystem into a promising job as the core of the agribusiness system. The research wants to determine whether the perception of paddy agribusiness increases the interest of the youth to become paddy farmers. 400 youths who are still in school or college, and are pursuing both agricultural and non-agricultural majors participated in the study in south Borneo. The participants' ages ranged from 15 to 28. Analysis using binary logit regression. The results showed that the perception of paddy agribusiness affects the interest of the youth to become paddy farmers in South Borneo. The dominant variable in the model is the agriculture major chosen by the respondent, and the following variable determinant is paddy as the type of respondent plant selected. The model used is feasible or has a correct prediction accuracy of 89.25% by including other variables that are confounding.

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“…, 2020). The inspiration of youth consideration in businesses, especially in agricultural sector, has raised the concerns for continuation of business in this sector considering the raising level of chronic diseases which have threatened farmers of elder age increasing the risk of unemployment as well (Nhamo and Chikoye, 2017; Devaux et al. , 2018).…”

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“…Realizing this reality, many plans and programs that inspire small-to medium-level industries are being set and supported by the Government which are particularly led by young entrepreneurs (Dentoni et al, 2020;Devkota et al, 2020). The inspiration of youth consideration in businesses, especially in agricultural sector, has raised the concerns for continuation of business in this sector considering the raising level of chronic diseases which have threatened farmers of elder age increasing the risk of unemployment as well (Nhamo and Chikoye, 2017;Devaux et al, 2018). Furthermore, predictions of rapid growth in world population size have encouraged the transition of food production tasks to younger, more involved and profitable nationals in this respect (Pindado and S anchez, 2017).…”

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Awareness on agricultural entrepreneurship among youth farmers: an empirical study from Western Nepal

Devkota

Joshi

Khanal

et al. 2022

JADEE

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PurposeAgriculture, since time immemorial, has been a major sector in reducing poverty, accelerating economic activities and source of sustainability of a nation. As most of the youth in the 21st century are targeting the youth's career in the non-agricultural sector, attracting and involving the youths in agribusinesses is the need of the hour. In this regard, the research tries to understand the awareness and involvement of youth farmers in agripreneurship in Western Nepal.Design/methodology/approachUsing a structured questionnaire, data were collected from both primary and secondary sources. On the basis of descriptive and inferential analysis, the ordered logit model is employed in the study. The research is based on explanatory research design through identifying farmers' awareness of agriculture entrepreneurship from 324 farmers of Bedkot Municipality, Kanchanpur, Nepal.FindingsStudy findings have shown that agricultural knowledge with overall awareness is statistically significant. Ordered logistic regression indicated that sex has somehow influenced technical and entrepreneur skills while agriculture information highly influenced education and training. The result shows that agricultural training is still the requirement of one-fourth of the farmers, whereas another quarter of farmers need subsidies.Research limitations/implicationsThe study suggests that in order to enhance awareness, training, subsidy, market management and development program are widely needed. In the backdrop of declining agro-products and food security challenges, the study targets to offer an understanding to policymakers and stakeholders on addressing the dire need of agripreneurship among the youths around the world.Originality/valueThe study summarizes the state of knowledge of agripreneurship of Nepalese farmers, identifies emerging issues and policy implications and priorities for future applied research.

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Models Supporting the Engagement of the Youth in Smart Agricultural Enterprises

Cited by 5 publications

References 9 publications

Youth perceptions of agriculture: influence of cognitive processes on participation in agripreneurship

Youth perceptions of agriculture: influence of cognitive processes on participation in agripreneurship

Youth perceptions of paddy agribusiness to increase interest in becoming paddy farmers in South Borneo

Awareness on agricultural entrepreneurship among youth farmers: an empirical study from Western Nepal

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