The impact of behavioral attributes on rural youth’s propensity to participate in non-primary agribusinesses : evidence from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Baloyi, Raesetse
Wale, Edilegnaw
Chipfupa, Unity
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Taylor and Francis
Abstract
Youth participation in agriculture in general and agribusinesses in
particular remains limited in Africa and empirical insight on the
enablers and inhibitors is limited. This paper aims to investigate
the impact of behavioral attributes (such as entrepreneurial spirit
and business skills endowment) on the potential participation of
rural youth in non-primary agribusinesses. Principal Component
Analysis and Fractional Logit Model were employed on a data set
of 152 rural youth. The results show that most rural youth are
endowed with entrepreneurial spirit and relatively well capacitated
with business skills. The results further show that rural youth
endowed with entrepreneurial spirit are less likely to engage in
non-primary agribusinesses. Other factors that influence rural
youth potential participation included psychological capital, agricultural
perceptions, and demographics. The results suggest that
interventional programs should consider behavioral attributes
when aiming to attract rural youth into the sector.
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Entrepreneurial spirit, Agriculture, Rural youth, Participation, South Africa (SA), SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth, SDG-02: Zero hunger
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG-02:Zero Hunger
SDG-08:Decent work and economic growth
SDG-08:Decent work and economic growth
Citation
Raesetse Baloyi, Edilegnaw Wale & Unity Chipfupa (2024) The impact of
behavioral attributes on rural youth’s propensity to participate in non-primary agribusinesses: Evidence from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Local Development & Society, 5:2, 394-409, DOI: 10.1080/26883597.2024.2326429.