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    GENDER ANALYSIS OF ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS NEEDED BY FARM YOUTHS IN NORTH-CENTRAL NIGERIA: EVIDENCE FROM KWARA STATE
    (2020) Abdulrazaq Kamal Daudu; Oladipo O F; Olatinwo K L; Kareem O W; Dolapo A T; Adekunle A B; Isiaka A R
    Agricultural productivity is believed to be enhanced by the incorporation of strategic entrepreneurship skills. This study assessed gender gap in entrepreneurial skills needed by farm youths in Kwara State, Nigeria. A two-stage sampling technique was used to select 158 male and 142 female farm youths. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were employed for data analysis. The findings revealed that the mean age of male farm youths was 37±6.4 years while that of their female counterparts was 33±5.2 years with more non-literates in female category (39.5%) compare to male (32.1%). Findings revealed that female farm youths had very low proficiency that required more technical skills than their male counterparts in the study area. Also, there was positive and significance difference (P≤0.05)in entrepreneurial skills needed by male and female farm youths to strengthen their knowledge in entrepreneurial activities. In conclusion, both male and female farm youths require entrepreneurial skills to broaden their knowledge but female farm youths need more entrepreneurial skills than their male counterparts. Fostering entrepreneurship education among male and female farm youths especially where they had low proficiency skills to ensure capacity building for diverse enterprises in agriculture was highly advocated.