Influence of Non-Formal Education on Entrepreneurship Skill Development Among Rural Farmers in Ikwerre Local Government Area, Rivers State
| Autor: | A.U. Nnodim, P. D. Aleru |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Entrepreneurship
Economic growth 020209 energy media_common.quotation_subject 02 engineering and technology Skill development 020401 chemical engineering State (polity) Formal education Political science 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering 0204 chemical engineering On-the-job training Nonformal education Local government area media_common |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Adult Education and Technology. 11:60-70 |
| ISSN: | 2643-8003 2643-7996 |
| DOI: | 10.4018/ijaet.2020010104 |
| Popis: | The purpose of the article was to determine the influence of non-formal education on entrepreneurship skill development among rural farmers in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. The study design was descriptive survey. The target population was six hundred and fifty (650) members of the farmers' co-operative societies in the Ikwerre Local Government Area. The sample size was two hundred (200) farmers purposively selected based on the size of farm holdings. Instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire in a 4-point rating scale of agreement. The instrument was tested using Cronbach Alpha reliability test and was found to be reliable at 0.79. Data collected were analyzed descriptively using mean and standard deviation. The findings showed that community outreach, on-the-job training and co-operative training programmes were veritable tools for rural farmers' entrepreneurship skill development. Hence, the need to situate agricultural entrepreneurship centres in the rural area was recommended. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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