Entrepreneurship Intention and Involvement in Agribusiness Enterprise among Youths in Gombe Metropolis, Gombe State, Nigeria: Potentials of Agribusiness in Nigeria

Abstract

The study examines the Entrepreneurship Intention and Involvement in Agribusiness Enterprise among Youths in Gombe Metropolis, Gombe State, Nigeria. Questionnaires were distributed to 440 respondents within the 11 wards in the metropolis, in which 40 respondents were randomly selected from each of the wards with 20 questionnaires distributed to those who have the intention and 20 also to those who were involved. The wards comprises of Bolari south, Bolari East, Nasarawa, Ajiya, Dawaki, Shamaki, Jekadafari, Herwagana, Kwunbiyakwunbiya, Pantami and Bajoga where data were collected from them. Descriptive statistic was used to analyse the data. The result revealed that the youths that had the intention of engaging themselves were within the age of 23-27, had the highest percentage of 45 for the respondent of age ranging from 28-32, most of them were single constituting 84% for those that had the intention while those that were involved had same percentage of 50 each, those with tertiary educational level that had the intension had 43 percent while the percentage of those that were involved constituted 45of those with secondary education and majority of them are male with 57% of the respondents that had the intention of engaging themselves in agribusiness entrepreneurship while 59% that were involved were also male. It was also revealed that the respondent who had intention on engaging in fish enterprise in livestock production and marketing had the highest percentage of 23 while those that were involved the same enterprise constituted 56%. Orchid had been the most preferred enterprise for those respondents that had the intention of engaging in crop production and marketing with 14 percentages among other enterprises while those that were involved were on cowpea production and marketing. Lack of fund was identified as problem with the highest percentage of respondent constituting 71% and inadequate extension services with 12%.It was recommended that government and nongovernmental organization should intervene by providing fund to youth in order to encourage them to involve in agribusiness and adequate extension services should be provided.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Agribusiness, Youths, intention and involve