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Impact of intensive youth participation in agriculture on rural households' revenue: evidence from rice farming households in Nigeria

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Title Impact of intensive youth participation in agriculture on rural households' revenue: evidence from rice farming households in Nigeria
 
Creator Fasakin, I.J.
Ogunniyi, A.I.
Bello, L.O.
Mignouna, Djana
Adeoti, R.
Bamba, Z.
Abdoulaye, Tahirou
Awotide, B.A.
 
Subject youth employment
occupation
households
rice
farming
nigeria
food science
 
Description The youth unemployment situation is an essential component of the current agricultural policy agenda of the Federal Government of Nigeria. Deep-rooted debates on finding a lasting solution to this problem using agriculture have been targeted as one of the panaceas. Using data from 207 systematically selected rice-producing households, this study employed the Propensity Score Matching method (PSM) and the Inverse Probability Weighted Regression Adjustment method (IPWRA) to examine the effect of intensive youth participation in agriculture on productivity and household revenue in Nigeria. We found that the key factors influencing the decisions of youth to participate in agriculture intensively include the number of years of farming experience, access to credit, membership in social groups, income, and land access. The PSM results indicate that rice productivity could increase by 1088.78 kg/ha if youth decide to intensively participate in agriculture. The IPWRA results show a positive and significant impact of intensive youth participation in agriculture on productivity and revenue. Therefore, our results suggest that efforts by the government and stakeholders towards encouraging flexible accessibility to credit (low-interest and easy repayment) and land without collateral to young people could enhance their participation in intensive agriculture and could subsequently boost productivity and household revenue.
 
Date 2022
2022-05-16T08:27:55Z
2022-05-16T08:27:55Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Fasakin, I.J., Ogunniyi, A.I., Bello, L.O., Mignouna, D., Adeoti, R., Bamba, Z., ... & Awotide, B.A. (2022). Impact of intensive youth participation in agriculture on rural households' revenue: evidence from rice farming households in Nigeria. Agriculture, 12(5), 1-17.
2077-0472
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119550
https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12050584
SOCIAL SCIENCE & AGRICUSINESS
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 1-17
application/pdf
 
Publisher MDPI AG
 
Source Agriculture