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Journal of Agricultural and Crop Research

Research Article | Published August 2021 | Volume 9, Issue 8. pp. 182-188.

doi: https://doi.org/10.33495/jacr_v9i8.21.121

 

Determinants of youth’s involvement in cashew production towards income generation in Osun State, Nigeria

 



 

 

Ayinde, Julius Olatunde

 

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Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria.


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Citation: Olatunde AJ (2021). Determinants of youth’s involvement in cashew production towards income generation in Osun State, Nigeria. J. Agric. Crop Res. 9(8):182-188. doi: 10.33495/jacr_v9i8.21.121.

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 Abstract 


The study determined the crucial factors limiting the involvement of youth in cashew production towards income generation in Osun State, Nigeria. A multistage sampling procedure was adopted to select 96 respondents and a structural interview scheduled was used to collect data from the selected respondents. The data collected were subjected to descriptive statistics and inferential analysis. Results show that the majority (83.3%) of the respondents are male with a mean age of 30.94 ± 2.4 years, a mean farm size of 2.19 ± 0.45 hectares and a mean annual income of ₦164,844 00 ± 41,965.40 ($457.9 ± 116.6). About 53.1 percent of the respondents practice cashew farming mainly to earn a living. Friends, printed materials and farmers’ groups play a vital role in disseminating information. The major factors that militate against their involvement in cashew production were inadequate funding and inadequate input services among others. Furthermore, there are positive and significant relationship between income (r= 0.466, P ≤0.01), household size (r= -0.118, P ≤ 0.01); and number of constraining factors identified (r = 0.007, P ≤ 0.01) and their involvement in cashew production. The study concluded that inadequate funding and inadequate infrastructural support were the main factors limiting the involvement of youth in cashew production. There is a need for the agricultural development stakeholders to intensify efforts in assisting youths in cashew farming with accessing loans and grants, also support from financial institutions and agricultural extension on cashew value-chain development.

Keywords  Youth empowerment   involvement   cashew development   value-chain   income generation  

 

 

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