Impact Assessment of Entrepreneurial Skills Acquisition Programme on Agropreneurial Skills of National Youth Corps Members in Ile Ife, Osun State, Nigeria
Abiodun Isaac Oyebola
Discipline: Management
Abstract:
The rampaging food insecurity around the globe and particularly in Nigeria despite the availability of suitable land mass for agriculture and
the teeming youthful population raised concern for the study. The possibility of exploring the opportunity provided by the National Youth
Service Corps in reorientating Nigeria graduates in agropreneurship
using a self-developed manual necessitated the study. The study employed pretest posttest design. Convenient sampling technique was employed in sampling 73 corps members who were serving in Ile Ife and
its environs. Agropreneurship Interest Scale (AIS) a self-developed 20-
item likert-type questionnaire was used for data gathering. The content
validity ratio (α = 1) and reliability coefficient (r = 0.89) respectively
were obtained for the instrument. Analysis of data showed that participants had low interest in agropreneurship (18.33%) before the commencement of the training. Also, that the training has significant impact
on the agropreneurship interest of the participants (mean learning gain
of the participant = 67.89%). The study concluded that Nigeria youths
particularly the Corpers can be effectively motivated in agropreneurship using appropriate manual and strategies.
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