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- I am Kyalibulha Bwambale Stephen from Uganda an Enterprise Development Specialist with 22 years of experience. Holder of MBA from the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN),potential PHD scholar. Iam a community change marker through empowerment of youth, women and SMEs in Entrepreneurship development interventions. My goal is to contribute to creation of youth employment opportunities in Africa in the next 10 years from 2018.edit
ABSTRACT. This research will be a Comparative study of Agripreneurship on Youth Employment in Uganda and Nigeria. The main objective of the proposed study is to investigate the impact of agri-preneurship, employment creation and poverty... more
ABSTRACT.
This research will be a Comparative study of Agripreneurship on Youth Employment in Uganda and Nigeria. The main objective of the proposed study is to investigate the impact of agri-preneurship, employment creation and poverty alleviation among youth on the African Continent with particular reference to Uganda and Nigeria. The study will adopt Saunders’ Onion philosophy and Kumar research design methods that will be conducted in two site studies in Kasese District, Uganda and Dange-Shuni Local Government in Sokoto State, Nigeria. The sample that will randomly be selected guided by Krejcie and Morgan method of determining sample size will comprise of 748 respondents,374 respondents from each site comprising youth entrepreneurs with agro-enterprises in both site study areas who have access to land of 1-2 acres owned by self and or the family. The respondents will be empowered through entrepreneurship skills, advisory services, business counseling, extension services and mentoring using the value chain market development and cooperative enterprises approaches to undertake agriculture enterprises as career options. This will exploit the natural abundant underutilized resources in Africa namely: Solar energy, land, labour, Information, Communication Technology and water for production. Youth will be equipped with solar water pumps that will enable them pump and irrigate their agriculture farms from a nearby water source either underground or from water bodies (rivers, lakes, swamps, and sea) to enable year round cultivation, harvest, and income generation. The data to be collected will be subjected to testing, using parametric and non parametric statistics involving percentages, chi-square (X2) test percentages and t-test methods of analysis. Some of the expected findings of the study are: There is a significant impact of youth employment through agriculture enterprises, Youth in Uganda and Nigeria are significantly disposed to agriculture enterprises, Agriculture enterprises do significantly impact on the income of the youth in Uganda and Nigeria and Agriculture enterprises can significantly impact on sustainable youth employment in Uganda and Nigeria. Based on these expected findings, it is envisaged that approximately 748 youth will have employed at least 10 other youth each in 2 years resulting in a multiplier effect of 7,480 jobs created. By extension, this will imply that if the project is replicated in the 54 African nations targeting 1 million youth per country, with a potential for each youth agriculture enterprise to employ 50 other youth in the following 10 years it would translate into 2.7billion jobs in Africa by 2032. This figure is well beset and timely to answer the current unemployment challenges in Africa as well as the sustainable development goals Number 1, 2, 8 and 13. In this case, agrirpreneurship and agriculture enterprises will answer the creation of youth decent employment and poverty alleviation among the youth and their communities on the African continent.
This research will be a Comparative study of Agripreneurship on Youth Employment in Uganda and Nigeria. The main objective of the proposed study is to investigate the impact of agri-preneurship, employment creation and poverty alleviation among youth on the African Continent with particular reference to Uganda and Nigeria. The study will adopt Saunders’ Onion philosophy and Kumar research design methods that will be conducted in two site studies in Kasese District, Uganda and Dange-Shuni Local Government in Sokoto State, Nigeria. The sample that will randomly be selected guided by Krejcie and Morgan method of determining sample size will comprise of 748 respondents,374 respondents from each site comprising youth entrepreneurs with agro-enterprises in both site study areas who have access to land of 1-2 acres owned by self and or the family. The respondents will be empowered through entrepreneurship skills, advisory services, business counseling, extension services and mentoring using the value chain market development and cooperative enterprises approaches to undertake agriculture enterprises as career options. This will exploit the natural abundant underutilized resources in Africa namely: Solar energy, land, labour, Information, Communication Technology and water for production. Youth will be equipped with solar water pumps that will enable them pump and irrigate their agriculture farms from a nearby water source either underground or from water bodies (rivers, lakes, swamps, and sea) to enable year round cultivation, harvest, and income generation. The data to be collected will be subjected to testing, using parametric and non parametric statistics involving percentages, chi-square (X2) test percentages and t-test methods of analysis. Some of the expected findings of the study are: There is a significant impact of youth employment through agriculture enterprises, Youth in Uganda and Nigeria are significantly disposed to agriculture enterprises, Agriculture enterprises do significantly impact on the income of the youth in Uganda and Nigeria and Agriculture enterprises can significantly impact on sustainable youth employment in Uganda and Nigeria. Based on these expected findings, it is envisaged that approximately 748 youth will have employed at least 10 other youth each in 2 years resulting in a multiplier effect of 7,480 jobs created. By extension, this will imply that if the project is replicated in the 54 African nations targeting 1 million youth per country, with a potential for each youth agriculture enterprise to employ 50 other youth in the following 10 years it would translate into 2.7billion jobs in Africa by 2032. This figure is well beset and timely to answer the current unemployment challenges in Africa as well as the sustainable development goals Number 1, 2, 8 and 13. In this case, agrirpreneurship and agriculture enterprises will answer the creation of youth decent employment and poverty alleviation among the youth and their communities on the African continent.
