Assessing the impact of Youth-in-Agribusiness Program on poverty and vulnerability to poverty in Nigeria

Poverty persists in many developing countries, including Nigeria, owing to inadequate infrastructure, unemployment, or poor working conditions, among other factors. Youth poverty and vulnerability to poverty have been identified to prevalent among the young population. Using an endogenous switching...

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Autores principales: Bello, L.O., Baiyegunhi, L.J., Danso-Abbeam, Gideon, Ogunniyi, A.I., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Manyong, Victor, Bamba, Z., Awotide, B.A.
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119746
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author Bello, L.O.
Baiyegunhi, L.J.
Danso-Abbeam, Gideon
Ogunniyi, A.I.
Abdoulaye, Tahirou
Manyong, Victor
Bamba, Z.
Awotide, B.A.
author_browse Abdoulaye, Tahirou
Awotide, B.A.
Baiyegunhi, L.J.
Bamba, Z.
Bello, L.O.
Danso-Abbeam, Gideon
Manyong, Victor
Ogunniyi, A.I.
author_facet Bello, L.O.
Baiyegunhi, L.J.
Danso-Abbeam, Gideon
Ogunniyi, A.I.
Abdoulaye, Tahirou
Manyong, Victor
Bamba, Z.
Awotide, B.A.
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description Poverty persists in many developing countries, including Nigeria, owing to inadequate infrastructure, unemployment, or poor working conditions, among other factors. Youth poverty and vulnerability to poverty have been identified to prevalent among the young population. Using an endogenous switching probit regression approach, in this study, we evaluated the impacts of youth participation in agribusiness programs (YIAPs) on poverty and vulnerability to poverty in Nigeria. Our findings revealed that some demographic and institutional factors significantly influence poverty and vulnerability to poverty among youth. The impact estimates indicate that participation in an agribusiness program has a significant positive effect on poverty reduction among youth. Moreover, there would have been about a 28% reduction in exposure to future poverty for non-participants had they participated in a YIAP. Our results suggest that intervention programs, such as YIAPs, that focus on skill acquisition and youth empowerment should be strengthened and scaled-up in order to improve youth welfare and subsequently reduce/eradicate poverty and vulnerability to poverty among youth.
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spelling CGSpace1197462025-12-08T10:29:22Z Assessing the impact of Youth-in-Agribusiness Program on poverty and vulnerability to poverty in Nigeria Bello, L.O. Baiyegunhi, L.J. Danso-Abbeam, Gideon Ogunniyi, A.I. Abdoulaye, Tahirou Manyong, Victor Bamba, Z. Awotide, B.A. poverty youth agribusiness nigeria Poverty persists in many developing countries, including Nigeria, owing to inadequate infrastructure, unemployment, or poor working conditions, among other factors. Youth poverty and vulnerability to poverty have been identified to prevalent among the young population. Using an endogenous switching probit regression approach, in this study, we evaluated the impacts of youth participation in agribusiness programs (YIAPs) on poverty and vulnerability to poverty in Nigeria. Our findings revealed that some demographic and institutional factors significantly influence poverty and vulnerability to poverty among youth. The impact estimates indicate that participation in an agribusiness program has a significant positive effect on poverty reduction among youth. Moreover, there would have been about a 28% reduction in exposure to future poverty for non-participants had they participated in a YIAP. Our results suggest that intervention programs, such as YIAPs, that focus on skill acquisition and youth empowerment should be strengthened and scaled-up in order to improve youth welfare and subsequently reduce/eradicate poverty and vulnerability to poverty among youth. 2022 2022-06-06T11:52:46Z 2022-06-06T11:52:46Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119746 en Open Access application/pdf MDPI Bello, L.O., Baiyegunhi, L.J., Danso-Abbeam, G., Ogunniyi, A.I., Olagunju, K., Abdoulaye, T., ... & Awotide, B.A. (2022). Assessing the impact of Youth-in-Agribusiness Program on poverty and vulnerability to poverty in Nigeria. Agriculture, 12(5), 1-14.
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Baiyegunhi, L.J.
Danso-Abbeam, Gideon
Ogunniyi, A.I.
Abdoulaye, Tahirou
Manyong, Victor
Bamba, Z.
Awotide, B.A.
Assessing the impact of Youth-in-Agribusiness Program on poverty and vulnerability to poverty in Nigeria
title Assessing the impact of Youth-in-Agribusiness Program on poverty and vulnerability to poverty in Nigeria
title_full Assessing the impact of Youth-in-Agribusiness Program on poverty and vulnerability to poverty in Nigeria
title_fullStr Assessing the impact of Youth-in-Agribusiness Program on poverty and vulnerability to poverty in Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Assessing the impact of Youth-in-Agribusiness Program on poverty and vulnerability to poverty in Nigeria
title_short Assessing the impact of Youth-in-Agribusiness Program on poverty and vulnerability to poverty in Nigeria
title_sort assessing the impact of youth in agribusiness program on poverty and vulnerability to poverty in nigeria
topic poverty
youth
agribusiness
nigeria
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