Rural youth interest in economic activities along the agricultural value chain: empirical evidence from KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and implications

IF 1.5 4区经济学 Q3 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

International Food and Agribusiness Management Review Pub Date : 2022-08-18 DOI:10.22434/ifamr2021.0036

Raesetse Baloyi, E. Wale, U. Chipfupa

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Identifying which agricultural activities rural youth would be interested to participate in and understanding which factors are enabling and constraining their participation is essential in attempting to alleviate rural youth unemployment and ameliorate the poor succession plan in smallholder agriculture. Employing a recent household survey dataset, descriptive statistics, and multinomial logit regression, this study sought to examine this issue. A structured questionnaire was designed and administered to 152 rural youth from Amajuba and Umzinyathi districts in KwaZulu-Natal Province. The study showed that rural youth are interested in engaging in all activities along the agricultural value chain. The factors enhancing their interest include access to resources and services (agricultural training, land, information, and communication technologies), age, and having a household member engaged in agriculture. However, access to other resources and services (formal education, social media, finance, psychological capital, and wealth), and dependency ratio were found to negatively affect their interest. These findings suggest that policymakers should formulate strategies that are sensitive to the resource endowment and access to services of the rural youth when aiming at engaging them in agricultural activities.

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农村青年对农业价值链上经济活动的兴趣:来自夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省(南非)的经验证据及其影响

确定农村青年有兴趣参加哪些农业活动，了解促成和限制他们参与的因素，对于试图减轻农村青年失业和改善小农农业中糟糕的继承计划至关重要。采用最近的家庭调查数据集，描述性统计和多项逻辑回归，本研究试图检验这一问题。设计并对来自夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省Amajuba和Umzinyathi地区的152名农村青年进行了结构化问卷调查。研究表明，农村青年有兴趣参与农业价值链上的所有活动。提高他们兴趣的因素包括获得资源和服务(农业培训、土地、信息和通信技术)、年龄以及有家庭成员从事农业。然而，获得其他资源和服务(正规教育、社交媒体、金融、心理资本和财富)和抚养比对他们的兴趣有负面影响。这些发现表明，政策制定者在促使农村青年参与农业活动时，应制定对其资源禀赋和服务获取敏感的战略。

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