Entrepreneurial Skills Required by Secondary School Graduates for Economic Success in Cocoa Production in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study was carried out to identify entrepreneurial skills required by Secondary School Graduates for Economic Success in Cocoa Production in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. Five research questions guided the study and five hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted the descriptive survey design using a sample of 75 purposively drawn from a population of 275 registered cocoa farmers in the study area. The instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire which was face validated by three experts and with a Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of 0.89. Independent t-test analysis was utilized to test the hypotheses. Findings revealed that all the ident5ified skill items in the area of planning, management, production farm level processing and marketing were required by secondary school graduates for economic success in cocoa production. Based on the findings recommendations were made.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial,  Skills, Graduates, Ikom, Nigeria.