Awareness and Willingness of Youths to Participate in Agriculture among Undergraduates in Southwest Nigeria
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2020
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IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
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Globally, youth participation in agriculture has been perceived as one of the vital keys
for the revitalization of the economy of many countries. Several studies have focused on the
different ways of encouraging youth participation in agriculture. However, little attention has
been given to the awareness and the willingness of the youths to participate in agriculture. This
study, therefore, examined, among other things the willingness of the youths to participate in
agriculture especially among undergraduate. Functionalist theory was employed as the
framework, while descriptive survey design was used. Structured questionnaire was administered
on 200 students purposively selected from some private universities in Nigeria. The study
revealed that majority (79.5%) of the respondents was aware of the need for youths to participate
in agriculture. A majority (79.5%) of the undergraduates studied were not willing to participate
in agriculture, (68.5%) of the respondents were also not willing to attend seminars to encourage
youth participation in agriculture. Agriculture makes one dirty (50.5%) accounted for the major
reason for the unwillingness of the undergraduates to participate in agriculture followed by
laziness (25.0%). There is a need to reorient Nigerian undergraduates and the youths in general
on the importance of their participation in agriculture.
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C O Igbolekwu et al 2020 IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 445 012048