Sustained utilisation of skill set: assessing ex-agripreneurial trainees of agricultural school programme in Osun State, Nigeria
Charitable organisations complement government efforts in training young Nigerians in sustainable agricultural practices. A potent means of assessing the effectiveness of this training outlet/effort is the assessment of the sustained utilisation of the skill set acquired by its ex-agripreneurial tra...
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| author | Oyebode Lukman Abiodun Adeloye Kolawole Adelekan Longe Peace Obehi |
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| description | Charitable organisations complement government efforts in training young Nigerians in sustainable agricultural practices. A potent means of assessing the effectiveness of this training outlet/effort is the assessment of the sustained utilisation of the skill set acquired by its ex-agripreneurial trainees. A multistage sampling procedure was used to capture sample subjects. The last five sets of ex-trainees were purposively and proportionately sampled, this gave a sample size of 97. Both quantitative and qualitative data were elicited from the sample subjects. The majority (74.2 %) of the ex-trainees were male, middle-aged (38 years), made a net average monthly income of ₦ 46,618, and had an appreciable length of experience (11 years) as agripreneurs. The results of this study were as follows: training on the skill set received by the ex-agripreneural trainees was effective (75.3 %). Inadequate finance (x̅= 3.0), economic instability (x̅= 2.40) and poor state of infrastructure (x̅ = 2.23) were prominent among constraints associated with sustained utilisation of the skill set acquired. Enthusiasm about my enterprise (x̅= 1.72) was the attribute of an agripreneur possessed most. Sustained utilisation of skill set was high (61.9 %). A significant relationship was established between household size (r = 0,456), net average monthly income (r = 0.537), years of experience as an agripreneur (r = 0.509), perceived effectiveness of training received (r = 0.380), attributes of an entrepreneur possessed (r = 0.380), and sustained utilisation of skill set acquired. The study recommends that the training modules/templates are sustained and adapted by other training outlets/efforts owing to their effectiveness and the sustainability potentials it confers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5a9ddea5300e4348a1650a430e9bd1ef2023-05-29T10:54:39ZengSciendoAgricultura Tropica et Subtropica1801-05712022-01-0155114915810.2478/ats-2022-0016Sustained utilisation of skill set: assessing ex-agripreneurial trainees of agricultural school programme in Osun State, NigeriaOyebode Lukman Abiodun0Adeloye Kolawole Adelekan1Longe Peace Obehi2Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo State, NigeriaDepartment of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile –Ife, Osun State, NigeriaDepartment of Agriculture, Wesley University Ondo, Ondo State, NigeriaCharitable organisations complement government efforts in training young Nigerians in sustainable agricultural practices. A potent means of assessing the effectiveness of this training outlet/effort is the assessment of the sustained utilisation of the skill set acquired by its ex-agripreneurial trainees. A multistage sampling procedure was used to capture sample subjects. The last five sets of ex-trainees were purposively and proportionately sampled, this gave a sample size of 97. Both quantitative and qualitative data were elicited from the sample subjects. The majority (74.2 %) of the ex-trainees were male, middle-aged (38 years), made a net average monthly income of ₦ 46,618, and had an appreciable length of experience (11 years) as agripreneurs. The results of this study were as follows: training on the skill set received by the ex-agripreneural trainees was effective (75.3 %). Inadequate finance (x̅= 3.0), economic instability (x̅= 2.40) and poor state of infrastructure (x̅ = 2.23) were prominent among constraints associated with sustained utilisation of the skill set acquired. Enthusiasm about my enterprise (x̅= 1.72) was the attribute of an agripreneur possessed most. Sustained utilisation of skill set was high (61.9 %). A significant relationship was established between household size (r = 0,456), net average monthly income (r = 0.537), years of experience as an agripreneur (r = 0.509), perceived effectiveness of training received (r = 0.380), attributes of an entrepreneur possessed (r = 0.380), and sustained utilisation of skill set acquired. The study recommends that the training modules/templates are sustained and adapted by other training outlets/efforts owing to their effectiveness and the sustainability potentials it confers.https://doi.org/10.2478/ats-2022-0016educationtrainingeffectivenessattributesstart-upconstraints |
| spellingShingle | Oyebode Lukman Abiodun Adeloye Kolawole Adelekan Longe Peace Obehi Sustained utilisation of skill set: assessing ex-agripreneurial trainees of agricultural school programme in Osun State, Nigeria Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica education training effectiveness attributes start-up constraints |
| title | Sustained utilisation of skill set: assessing ex-agripreneurial trainees of agricultural school programme in Osun State, Nigeria |
| title_full | Sustained utilisation of skill set: assessing ex-agripreneurial trainees of agricultural school programme in Osun State, Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Sustained utilisation of skill set: assessing ex-agripreneurial trainees of agricultural school programme in Osun State, Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustained utilisation of skill set: assessing ex-agripreneurial trainees of agricultural school programme in Osun State, Nigeria |
| title_short | Sustained utilisation of skill set: assessing ex-agripreneurial trainees of agricultural school programme in Osun State, Nigeria |
| title_sort | sustained utilisation of skill set assessing ex agripreneurial trainees of agricultural school programme in osun state nigeria |
| topic | education training effectiveness attributes start-up constraints |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/ats-2022-0016 |
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