Socioeconomic Determinants Influencing the Willingness of Agriculture Undergraduates to Participate in Agripreneurship in Northwest Nigeria
The study analyzed the socioeconomic determinants influencing the willingness of the agriculture undergraduates to participate in agripreneurship in Northwest, Nigeria. The study employed a questionnaire to obtain primary data. A multistage sampling technique was used to select 150 respondents...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Islamic Azad University
2018-03-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development |
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| Online Access: | http://ijamad.iaurasht.ac.ir/article_537837_c2de3ac2e927fdb604e4716dc2bdce10.pdf |
| Summary: | The study analyzed the socioeconomic determinants influencing
the willingness of the agriculture undergraduates
to participate in agripreneurship in Northwest, Nigeria. The
study employed a questionnaire to obtain primary data. A multistage
sampling technique was used to select 150 respondents
from the universities under study. Both descriptive and inferential
statistics were used for data analysis. Results show that a
majority of the participants were male (68.7%), single (90%),
within 21-25 years of age (52.6%), and had no any other
tangible occupation (57.3%) besides study. Willingness to participate
in agripreneurship was found to be positive among the
respondents but not as primary occupation. Family economic
status (ranked first) was the major socioeconomic determinants
influencing the willingness of agriculture undergraduates to
participate in agripreneurship. Examination of the relationship
between selected socioeconomic determinants and willingness
to participate in agripreneurship revealed a positive significant
relationship with gender, community background, family background,
family economic status, as well as with ethnicity. This
clearly suggests that a number of socioeconomic determinants
have considerable influence over willingness of agriculture
undergraduates to participate in agripreneurship. The study,
then, carries the implication that university agriculture training
should be streamlined with today’s realities so as to stimulate
the willingness for agripreneurship. |
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| ISSN: | 2159-5852 2159-5860 |