Productivity of Arable Crop Farmers: Panacea to Youth Unemployment
| dc.contributor.author | Ashagidigbi Waheed M., | |
| dc.contributor.author | Yusuf Taibat M., | |
| dc.contributor.author | Agboola Uthman O. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-03-06T14:04:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-03-06T14:04:11Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Nigerian agricultural sector is known to be dominated by aged and inactive famers who are less productive and less receptive to new ideas. This has led to reduced food productivity, which is a threat food security in the country. This necessitates the need to involve youths in agriculture. This study examined and compared the productivity of the youths and aged arable crop farmers in Nigeria, to empirically establish how productive youths are in comparison to the aged in order to increase food production and reduce unemployment. The data used were obtained from General household survey panel (GHSP) and Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) 2015/2016 data collected by National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) [1]. A total of 2,134 old and young arable crop farmers were selected. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics, t-test and stochastic frontier analysis. The study revealed that majority of the farmers are old. Youth farmers cultivates 1.249ha compared to 1.628ha cultivated by old farmers. The output of youth farmers (10194.74kg/ha) is significantly higher than that of the aged arable crop farmers (7897.816kg/ha). All the inputs used positively influence productivity, likewise, access to credit has a direct effect on the technical efficiency of the arable crop farmers. It is recommended that youths should be encouraged to venture into arable crop farming in order to increase productivity and reduce youth unemployment. Income smoothening policy option such as credit provision should also be executed in order to enhance the efficiency of the youths in crop production. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2574 -1241 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://kwasuspace.kwasu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/4578 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Biomed J Sci & Tech Res | |
| dc.title | Productivity of Arable Crop Farmers: Panacea to Youth Unemployment | |
| dc.type | Article |