Year: 2024 | Month: October | Volume: 11 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 360-376
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20241032
Youth Participation in Agripreneurship in Trans Nzoia County, Kenya
ARON SIMIYU MASINDE1, ELIZABETH NAMBUSWA MAKOKHA2
1Master Of Entrepreneurship Development Student, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya,
2Lecturer, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya.
Corresponding Author: ARON SIMIYU MASINDE
ABSTRACT
The study focused on youth participation in agripreneurship in Trans Nzoia County, Kenya. The county being a bread basket of Kenya, the youth are a sign of progress in the agribusiness sector in the county and country at large. The study was guided by the following objectives; to assess effect of youth attitude on participation in Agripreneurship in Trans Nzoia County, Kenya, and to establish the effect of perceived benefits on youth participation in Agripreneurship in Trans Nzoia County, Kenya. The research theories in the study included; the pull- push theory, and unity maximization theory. A descriptive research design was adopted by the study. A target population of 10,080 respondents from which, a sample of 385 respondents was used for data collection and eventual analysis. Research questionnaires were used in collecting data. Both inferential and descriptive statistical methods were used for data analysis and presentation. This enabled the establishment of the strength and nature of relationship among the variables. The findings were expected to benefit county governments, national governments, youth, and various development agencies and to enrich the existing literature on youth programs and empowerment. The study employed the F-test in predicting the dependent variable which indicated that the model significantly predicted how the independent variables affected the dependent variable (youth participation in Agripreneurship in Trans Nzoia County, Kenya). The study further made recommendations on each of the variables for management consideration in future decision making processes.
Keywords: Youth Participation, Youth Attitude, Perceived Benefits
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