10th International Research Conference Proceedings Chuka University, 2023

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    Determinants of youth participation in agribusiness in nyeri county, Kenya.
    (Chuka University, 2024) Maina, Loise C.; Rithaa, J.N.; Chege, S. M.; Gathungu G.K.
    Involvement of youth in agribusiness has become a vital strategy for eradicating poverty and creating employment opportunities for Kenyan youth. However, their participation in the sector is still not satisfactory. The study asses sed the factors that influence youth participation in agribusiness in Mathira Constituency, Nyeri County. A sample of 288 youths was obtained through a stratified random sampling technique. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect data on factors influencing youth participation in agribusiness. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and a binary logit regression model. The results demonstrated that among the factors, age(p=0.005), gender (p=0.007), access to land (p=0.000), access to markets(p=0.014) access to agribusiness training(p=0.001), access to credit (p=0.021), access of agribusiness information(p=0.002) and had a significant and positive relationship with agribusiness participation. Youths’ engagement in agricultural e-commerce (p=0.011) had a significant and negative relationship with youths’ decision to participate in agribusiness. However, income, education level, household size, group membership, availability of modern farming technologies, access to the internet, and distance to output and input markets did not significantly (p >0.05) influence the participation of the youth in agribusiness. According to the findings, there is a need to avail agribusiness information and training to the youths to increase their chances of uptake of agriculture as a business. The study also encourages empowering youths through credit access, land access and agricultural market access to increase youths’ involvement in commercial agriculture. This will help resolve the challenges of rising unemployment and poverty rates among Kenya's growing youth population and also help achieve food security.