Present Interest and Future Aspiration in Farming: A Case of School -based Farmers' Children Club in Ago -lwoye, Nigeria
Keywords:
Present Interest and Future Aspiration, farming, School -based Farmers' Children ClubAbstract
A study was conducted to determine the relationship between the of present level of interest farmers' children in farming and their future aspiration in farming. All the 70 members of Children -in- Agriculture Club, based in all the secondary schools in Ago -lwoye were interviewed for the study.Pre- tested interview schedule was used to generate information from the individual club member. Descriptive statistics was used to describe the data, while the Spearman -rho rank correlation and stepwise regression were used to determine the relationship between the variables.The results of the study show high interest of the farmers' children in farming activities with a relatively high future aspiration in further education in agriculture and/ or future investment in farming. This however, is not related to selected personal characteristics of the children.References
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Adedoyin, S. F., Torimiro, D. O., & Adeiga, A. F. (2015). Present Interest and Future Aspiration in Farming: A Case of School -based Farmers’ Children Club in Ago -lwoye, Nigeria. Journal of Agricultural Extension, 1. Retrieved from https://journal.aesonnigeria.org/index.php/jae/article/view/303
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