Digital Agricultural Extension and Youth-Led ‘Agripreneurship’ in Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo State Nigeria

Anthony Apeh Amedu, Olamide Oluwayinka Adeyemo and Tunde Quadri Ojomu
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Anthony Apeh Amedu: Lead City University Ibadan, Nigeria
Olamide Oluwayinka Adeyemo: Lead City University Ibadan, Nigeria
Tunde Quadri Ojomu: Lagos State Cooperative College Lagos, Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2023, vol. 7, issue 3, 1118-1124

Abstract: This research examined digital agricultural extension and youth-led agripreneurship in the Ibadan North Local Government Area using the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture IITA’s Youth Agripreneurs Initiative (IYAS). The study is anchored on the Uses and Gratification theory and Technological Determinism theory. The study used survey research design using a questionnaire for data gathering from select respondents. Data collected from the respondents in the Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo State were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Findings revealed that three popularly used digital agricultural extension channels for accessing the latest agricultural information and policies among Agripreneurs in Ibadan are Smart Messaging Services (SMS), social media, and smartphones. Further research revealed that the respondents sometimes use interactive voice recording and Smart Applications to access the latest agricultural information and policies. Also, Agripreneurs’ farms are growing better because of the information they access on digital media, they make more profit from agribusiness and the success of their agribusiness is attributed to such information. Based on the findings of the study, it is recommended that the Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and other related organizations should continue to execute the objectives of the Youth Agripreneurs initiative and possibly extend the initiative to other parts of Nigeria to promote agribusinesses and end poverty and hunger before 2030.

Date: 2023
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