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E3 Journal of Agricultural Research and Development

E3 Journal of Agricultural Research and Development Vol. 5 (3) pp. 0128-0136, December 2015; © E3 Journals; ISSN 2276-9897

Factors influencing rural youths involvement in Cassava production in Oyo State

Adebisi GL1 * , Owolade EO 1 , Jatto BO 1
1 Department of agricultural extension and management, federal college of animal health and production technology, moor plantation, Ibadan
1 Department of agricultural extension and management, federal college of animal health and production technology, moor plantation, Ibadan
*Corresponding Author E-mail: debisigbadebo2014@gmail.com
Accepted 10 November 2015

Abstract

This study attempted to determine the factors influencing rural youths involvement in cassava production in Oyo State. A multi-stage sampling procedures were used to select 144 respondents but the sampling rate was 97.2%.Primary data were collected from the respondents through the used of structured questionnaires and were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Result revealed that majority (72.9%) of the respondents were male, married (89.3%) and level of involvement on cassava production among the rural youth was high (61.4%) as inadequate fund for crop expansion was indicated as highest constraint among the respondents (97.8%).Chi-square analysis of the result shows that there was significant relationship between level of education of the respondents (x=29.034,p=0.000) and their involvement in cassava production. Further results of correlation analysis revealed that there exist a correlation between farm size (r=0.487,p=0.000);farming experience (r=0.299,p=0.000) , constraints (r=-0.379,p=0.000) and rural youth involvement in cassava production. Based on these findings ,the study recommended that credit facilities should not be made difficult for rural youth to obtain and adequate fund should be made available to rural youth by the financial institutions at single digit rate with less application bottle neck.

Keywords: Rural youth, involvement, cassava production

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