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Determination of the Policy Interventions to be Adopted to Enhance Youth Participation in Agriculture in Kajiado North Sub-County, Kenya

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Title Determination of the Policy Interventions to be Adopted to Enhance Youth Participation in Agriculture in Kajiado North Sub-County, Kenya
 
Creator Njeru, Lucy Karega
 
Subject Agriculture
Employment
Policy
Rural Youth
 
Description Agriculture in Kenya can develop gainful employment opportunities for youth that would enable them to exploit their economic innovation and enhance their opportunities for national economic growth. Improving youth participation in the agricultural sector is therefore important for the nation to develop. Youth’s interest in agriculture is however likely to be influenced by several factors; for instance, access to land, finances, markets and negative perception towards agriculture. The Kenyan government and its development partners can enhance several policy intervention measures for promoting youth participation in agriculture. The study used a cross sectional survey design to collect data from 397 randomly, selected youth and 22 youth and agricultural officers. Content validity of the youth and agricultural officers’ questionnaires was ascertained by extension experts while reliability was determined through a pilot test involving 30 respondents. The reliability coefficients were 0.86α and 0.80α respectively, which were above the 0.70 threshold for acceptable reliability. The study revealed various intervention measures and strategies that could be adapted to enhance youth’s participation in agriculture and suggested several measures that need to be put in place to ensure youth’s participation in policy issues in the agricultural sector in Kenya. For instance advocated 34. 7% felt that adequate training for the youth was crucial while 33.7% called for improved land policies. The government and other development partners should come up with strategies and policy measures for enhanced youth participation in agricultural value chain development.
 
Publisher National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE)
 
Date 2024-09-17
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JAEM/article/view/156774
 
Source Journal of Agricultural Extension Management; Vol. 25 No. 1 (2024); 1
0976-3120
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JAEM/article/view/156774/55899
 
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