INSTITUTIONAL RATIONALIZATION OF MANAGEMENT FOR STABLE PROGRESS OF RURAL AREAS

The study was carried out to assess youths participation in cassava production under value chain development programme (VCDP) in Bida local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria, with the specific objectives of describing the socio-economic characteristics of the VCDP participants, costs and retur...

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Main Authors: Marina Sergeevna IURKOVA, Anna Alexeevna GOLUBEVA, Valentina Ivanovna TROFIMOVA, Natalia Vladimirovna PROVIDONOVA
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Language:English
Published: University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest 2019-01-01
Series:Scientific Papers Series : Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development
Online Access:https://managementjournal.usamv.ro/pdf/vol.19_3/Art40.pdf
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author Marina Sergeevna IURKOVA
Anna Alexeevna GOLUBEVA
Valentina Ivanovna TROFIMOVA
Natalia Vladimirovna PROVIDONOVA
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description The study was carried out to assess youths participation in cassava production under value chain development programme (VCDP) in Bida local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria, with the specific objectives of describing the socio-economic characteristics of the VCDP participants, costs and returns, level of youths participation and factors influencing youth participation in the VCDP. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 100 young cassava farmers and data collected were analyzed using simple descriptive statistics and probit regression analysis. The level of profitability was measured using gross margin and net farm income analysis. The results obtained shows that farmers in the study area had low formal education and were mostly married males with an average age and household size of 32 years and six (6) persons respectively. The gross margin and net farm income were N109,050.00 and N103,450.00 per hectare, respectively. The level of youths’ participation under the VCDP was moderate and this was influenced by their age, gender, level of education, marital status, household size, farming occupation and cooperative membership. The major constraints faced by the farmers includes: poor extension agents/farmers’ ratio, inadequate capital and lack of market linkage. To this end, it was recommended that change agents should enlighten farmers on the benefit of VCDP and functional cooperative that could facilitate credit and group dynamism.
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spelling doaj-art-fd39909f7dfa4a83bdea0885132daecc2025-08-20T03:45:35ZengUniversity of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, BucharestScientific Papers Series : Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development2284-79952285-39522019-01-011933033101932INSTITUTIONAL RATIONALIZATION OF MANAGEMENT FOR STABLE PROGRESS OF RURAL AREASMarina Sergeevna IURKOVAAnna Alexeevna GOLUBEVAValentina Ivanovna TROFIMOVANatalia Vladimirovna PROVIDONOVAThe study was carried out to assess youths participation in cassava production under value chain development programme (VCDP) in Bida local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria, with the specific objectives of describing the socio-economic characteristics of the VCDP participants, costs and returns, level of youths participation and factors influencing youth participation in the VCDP. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 100 young cassava farmers and data collected were analyzed using simple descriptive statistics and probit regression analysis. The level of profitability was measured using gross margin and net farm income analysis. The results obtained shows that farmers in the study area had low formal education and were mostly married males with an average age and household size of 32 years and six (6) persons respectively. The gross margin and net farm income were N109,050.00 and N103,450.00 per hectare, respectively. The level of youths’ participation under the VCDP was moderate and this was influenced by their age, gender, level of education, marital status, household size, farming occupation and cooperative membership. The major constraints faced by the farmers includes: poor extension agents/farmers’ ratio, inadequate capital and lack of market linkage. To this end, it was recommended that change agents should enlighten farmers on the benefit of VCDP and functional cooperative that could facilitate credit and group dynamism.https://managementjournal.usamv.ro/pdf/vol.19_3/Art40.pdf
spellingShingle Marina Sergeevna IURKOVA
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INSTITUTIONAL RATIONALIZATION OF MANAGEMENT FOR STABLE PROGRESS OF RURAL AREAS
Scientific Papers Series : Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development
title INSTITUTIONAL RATIONALIZATION OF MANAGEMENT FOR STABLE PROGRESS OF RURAL AREAS
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title_short INSTITUTIONAL RATIONALIZATION OF MANAGEMENT FOR STABLE PROGRESS OF RURAL AREAS
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