Assessment of Youths Participation in Yam Minisett Technology in Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Abstract

This paper assessed youths participation in yam minisett technology in Ivo LGA of Ebonyi State. Multistage random sampling technique was used to select the communities, villages and youths involved in yam minisett technology. The sample size was one hundred and twenty (120) yam minisett farmers. Result showed that majority (73.34%) of the farmers had age range between 15-30 years, 26.6% had farming experience of between 11-15 years while 55.0% culminated on farm sizes ranging between 1.1-3.0ha. The study also revealed that 80.0% of the youths participated fully in yam minisett technology organized by the College. A correlation analysis showed that age, farming experience and farm size were strong determinants of youths participation in yam minisett technology at 0.01% level, while household size is significant at 0.05% level. It was recommended that married youths should be encouraged to participate in the project. The College should also intensify training to make farming attractive. Finally, government is advised to provide soft loans for the youths for expansion and growth in agricultural production.

Key words: Youths, Participation, Yam, Minisett and Technology