Determinant of Youth Participations in Agri-Business in Oluyole Local Government Area of Oyo State
Abstract
Youth involvement in agriculture has been described as one of the ways in tackling the pitfalls of unemployment issues in Nigeria. However, this general negative perception of agriculture/agribusiness value chain as a means of sustainable livelihood by youths has deceived most youth into searching for the ever unavailable co-operate job. It is hoped that challenging the status quo will assist the youth to become more engaged in the agricultural/agri-business sector as a productive constituents in enabling them utilize modern technology in a business-like manner to achieve economic independences
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