Effects of Demographic Attributes on the use of Agricultural Management in Building Entrepreneurship Capacity of Youths in Kano State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study examined the effects of demographic attributes on the use of agricultural management in building entrepreneurship capacity of youths in Kano State. The population of youths in these centres were 620 and a total of 178 youths were randomly selected from the population. The study measured the significant difference between demographic attributes of the participants and the use of agricultural management in building entrepreneurship capacity and continuous trainings of the youths. Primary data were collected from the sampled participants using a structured questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data. One-way ANOVA was employed in determining the significant of the relationships. The demographic attributes with significant influence on the use of agricultural management in building entrepreneurship capacity of youths were gender (p≤0.01), age (p≤0.05), marital status (p≤0.05), parent income (p≤0.05), parent occupation (p≤0.05) and parent education level (p≤0.05) respectively. It could be concluded that agricultural practices and management remain sources of employment for the timing youths. Adequate provision of access to credit and soft loan that will help youths in acquiring necessary tools and inputs is recommended. Public Private Partnership is also recommended for the facilitation of knowledge and skills transfer among youths to boost their entrepreneurship capacity.