Willingness of Kebbi State University Undergraduate Students Engagement in Agricultural Activities after Graduation

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the willingness of undergraduate students at Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero (KSUSTA) to engage in agricultural activities following graduation. The study sampled 150 undergraduate students using a multistage sampling technique. For data analysis, frequency counts and %ages are used. The study’s findings indicate that there is no difference between male and female students in terms of their interest in agricultural-related enterprises following graduation. According to undergraduate students’ satisfaction with their choice of agriculture as a career after graduation, personal interest was ranked first, while chance entry into the profession was ranked second. The most significant factor influencing KSUSTA students’ willingness to enter agriculture-related businesses is their desire to be job creators, with a mean value of 3.70. This is followed by a mean value of 3.31 for their desire to be self-employed. The study concluded that the majority of students desired to practice agriculture-related businesses following graduation and recommended that stakeholders in the agriculture sector make additional efforts to arrange for special credit loan facilities for graduates in order to alleviate the teeming population of graduates facing unemployment problems following graduation.