Capacity building needs of entrepreneurial skills of yam farmaers in Ekiti State, Nigeria
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2018
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Bull. Inst. Trop. Agr., Kyushu Univ
Abstract
This study examined the capacity building needs of entrepreneurial skills among yam entrepreneur farmers in
Ekiti state, Nigeria. Data were collected on respondents’ socio economic characteristic, task and skill gap of entrepreneurial
activities. Data were analysed with frequency, percentage, mean and multiple regression analysis. Findings
shows that respondents were fairly old (mean age=55years), literate (67.5%), small-scale (mean= 0.96 hectare
farm size) and household size (mean=6persons). Respondents had low proficiency and needed to be trained for
capacity building for sourcing and use of necessary farm tools/machinery (mean=1.85), operating farm machinery
(mean=1.21), processing yam tubers into different products (mean=2.28), sourcing for fund to finance yam farming
and processing activities (mean=1.75), value addition skills in processing yam tuber to different products
(mean=2.41), packaging skills of yam produce and processed products (mean=2.66), keeping basic records of farm
income and expenses(mean=2.44), planning, prioritising and organising yam farming tasks (mean=2.26), assessing
and managing yam enterprise risks (mean=1.22), precautionary practices against yam enterprise related hazards
(mean=2.34), identifying and cooperating with government bodies (mean=1.54), team working skills, and persuasive
communication and negotiation skills (mean=2.36). The study concluded that yam entrepreneur farmers are had low
proficiency in several yam entrepreneurial skills. It was therefore recommended that yam entrepreneur farmers in
Ekiti State should be trained in the needed areas of yam entrepreneurial skills.
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cooperating/networking skills, cultivation skills, opportunity skills, management skills, marketing skills