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<p>The study identified the factors associated with farm youth’s involvement in Cocoa Plantation Resources Management Practices (CPRMPs) in Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select a total of two hundred and four respondents for the study. The data were collected using a structured interview schedule and analysed using appropriate descriptive and inferential statistics. The results revealed that the average age of the respondents was 33.67 ± 6.50 years and that most (76.0 %) of the respondents were male. The CPRMPs respondents were involved and were categorised into soil, water, cocoa beans, cocoa tree, cocoa seedlings, and financial management practices. The majority (76.0 %) of the respondents were moderately involved in the CPRMPs in the study area. The factors associated with farm youth involvement in CPRMPs were economic pull (<italic>λ</italic> = 2.208), economic push (<italic>λ</italic> = 1.962), personal (<italic>λ</italic> = 1.785) and community-related (<italic>λ</italic> = 0.927) factors. The factors identified explained 83.314 % of the variance in farm youth’s involvement in CPRMPs. The study, therefore, recommends that there is a need to organise training on CPRMPs to farm youth to be able to optimise the potentials inherent in them for improving their livelihood.</p>
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The study identified the factors associated with farm youth’s involvement in Cocoa Plantation Resources Management Practices (CPRMPs) in Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select a total of two hundred and four respondents for the study. The data were collected using a structured interview schedule and analysed using appropriate descriptive and inferential statistics. The results revealed that the average age of the respondents was 33.67 ± 6.50 years and that most (76.0 %) of the respondents were male. The CPRMPs respondents were involved and were categorised into soil, water, cocoa beans, cocoa tree, cocoa seedlings, and financial management practices. The majority (76.0 %) of the respondents were moderately involved in the CPRMPs in the study area. The factors associated with farm youth involvement in CPRMPs were economic pull (λ = 2.208), economic push (λ = 1.962), personal (λ = 1.785) and community-related (λ = 0.927) factors. The factors identified explained 83.314 % of the variance in farm youth’s involvement in CPRMPs. The study, therefore, recommends that there is a need to organise training on CPRMPs to farm youth to be able to optimise the potentials inherent in them for improving their livelihood.

Involvement of farm youth in cocoa plantation resources management practices in Ondo State, Nigeria: a factor analysis

Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development

Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica

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The study identified the factors associated with farm youth’s involvement in Cocoa Plantation Resources Management Practices (CPRMPs) in Nigeria. A multi-stage...

Involvement of farm youth in cocoa plantation resources management practices in Ondo State, Nigeria: a factor analysis

Published Online: Oct 28, 2021

Page range: 155 - 164

Received: Nov 09, 2020

Accepted: Sep 27, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ats-2021-0016

Keywords
Agricultural activities, rural youth, farm resources

© 2021 Kolawole Adelekan Adeloye et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Involvement of farm youth in cocoa plantation resources management practices in Ondo State, Nigeria: a factor analysis

Published Online: Oct 28, 2021

Page range: 155 - 164

Received: Nov 09, 2020

Accepted: Sep 27, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ats-2021-0016

KeywordsAgricultural activities, rural youth, farm resources

© 2021 Kolawole Adelekan Adeloye et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Agricultural activities, rural youth, farm resources