Youth Involvement in Agricultural Production in Obi Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, Nigeria

Author: A. A. Girei, N. D. Saingbe, S. B. Ohen, E.A. Gimba

ijeab doi crossref DOI: 10.22161/ijeab/1.4.54

Keyword: Youth, Involvement, Agricultural Production.

Abstract: This present study was focused on the assessment of youth involvement in agricultural production activities in Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Nigeria. The objectives where to; describe the socioeconomic characteristics of respondents, determine youths’ perception towards agricultural production, reasons for participation in agricultural production activities and identify constraints to participation in agricultural production. The study employed simple random technique in the selection of the respondents who from two (2) secondary schools in Obi Local Government Area (LGA).In all, Fifty (50) students and fifty (50) staff were selected from f the two (2) schools to give a total of one hundred 100 respondents. Descriptive statistics was employed to analyze the data. The results showed that majority (52%) of the respondents had positive perception towards agricultural production as they perceived that agriculture does not reduce one’s status in the society. Similarly, agriculture is not only practiced by school dropouts. Apart from output marketing, (1.7%), goat rearing (1.7%), and swine production (1.7%), in which majority are less involved in, most of the respondents (52.2%) were involved in crop production, and farm labour as a means of employment. It was also shown that most of the respondents (32%) have insufficient land, lack of incentive from government and lack of infrastructure in rural areas as major constraints. The study recommended that youth’s knowledge of basic farming activities through establishment of Agricultural Training Centers should be enhanced and credit facilities for youths in agriculture should be provided through micro finance and commercial banks.

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A. A. Girei, N. D. Saingbe, S. B. Ohen, E.A. Gimba et al."Youth Involvement in Agricultural Production in Obi Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, Nigeria". International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878),vol 1, no. 4, 2016, pp.1016-1023 AI Publications doi:10.22161/ijeab/1.4.54

APA

A. A. Girei, N. D. Saingbe, S. B. Ohen, E.A. Gimba, P.(2016).Youth Involvement in Agricultural Production in Obi Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, Nigeria. International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).1(4), 1016-1023.10.22161/ijeab/1.4.54

Chicago

A. A. Girei, N. D. Saingbe, S. B. Ohen, E.A. Gimba, P.(2016).Youth Involvement in Agricultural Production in Obi Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, Nigeria. International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).1(4), pp.1016-1023.

Harvard

A. A. Girei, N. D. Saingbe, S. B. Ohen, E.A. Gimba. 2016."Youth Involvement in Agricultural Production in Obi Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, Nigeria". International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).1(4):1016-1023.Doi:10.22161/ijeab/1.4.54

IEEE

A. A. Girei, N. D. Saingbe, S. B. Ohen, E.A. Gimba."Youth Involvement in Agricultural Production in Obi Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, Nigeria", International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology,vol.1,no. 4, pp.1016-1023,2016.

Bibtex

@article { a.a.girei2016youth,
title={Youth Involvement in Agricultural Production in Obi Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, Nigeria},
author={A. A. Girei, N. D. Saingbe, S. B. Ohen, E.A. Gimba , R},
journal={International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology},
volume={1},
year= {2016} ,
}