ASSESSMENT OF RURAL YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION. A PATHWAY TO POVERTY REDUCTION IN DAMBATTA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA IN KANO STATE

This study was design to acess rural youth participation in agriculturtal production. A pathway to poverty reduction in dambatta local government area of kano state. In this work a sample size of 150 respndents were purposively selected from four (4) villages as a result of large number of youth found in the area. The data collected was analyse through descriptive and inferential analysis. The result shows that majority of the youth were male 85(56.6), the youth were married with secondary school level of education. The youth had a household size of 1-10 members. The result shows that 54(36.0) of the youth own their land by inheritance and their primary occupation is farming. However result shows that 67(44.7) of the youth were very much involved in the roles they play. However result shows that the major factors miltating against youth participation in agricultural production was insufficient capital for investment. It would therefore be instrumental that any youth targeted programes should consider provision of adequate capital for sustainable agricultural production.