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Bola Awotide
Social Science and Agribusiness, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Bamako 91094, Mali

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Bola Amoke Awotide, a Nigerian, is currently the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) officer (based in Bamako, Mali) for the Climate Smart Agricultural Technologies (CSAT) project for Mali and Niger. Her academic qualifications include a bachelor’s degree in Agriculture (University of Ilorin, Nigeria) with background training in agricultural economics, crop production, animal science, agricultural extension, M.Sc., and Ph.D. in agricultural economics (University of Ibadan, Nigeria). She was a research fellow at Africa Rice Center, Cotonou, the Benin Republic/Nigeria, Ph.D. intern-United Nations University-World Institute of Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki, Finland and academic visitor – Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Department of Economics, Oxford University, United Kingdom. Before joining IITA, she was postdoctoral scientist-agricultural economics at the World Vegetable Center, Bamako, Mali, Chief Agronomist for OCP Africa-Nigeria (A Moroccan multinational fertilizer company), and a consultant-agricultural economist to many international organizations such as the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). She has published in international peer-reviewed journals such as agricultural economics, World development, Agricultural and Food Economics, the Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture, and the International Journal of Social Economics (Emeralds). Her areas of interest are impact assessment and MEL.

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Published: 13 July 2021 in Sustainability
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With data from 683 systematically selected households, the study employed the Heckman two-stage model and the propensity score matching method (PSM) to examine the impact of youth participation in agriculture as a primary occupation on income and poverty in Nigeria. The results indicate that the gender of the youth and their determination to stay in agriculture significantly increases the probability that youth will participate in agriculture as a primary occupation. In addition, youth participation in agriculture as a main occupation contributes significantly to per capita household income and has the likelihood to reduce poverty by 17%. The daily wage rate of hired labor and the total farmland owned are the variables that positively explained the per capita income. Poverty was reduced by market access, having agriculture as a primary occupation, income from agricultural production, the total monetary value of all the household assets, determination to remain in agriculture, and the square of the respondents’ age. These results imply that creating employment for youth by engaging them in agriculture as a full-time occupation can increase their income and reduce poverty. However, the promotion of other secondary occupations, land, and market access is also vital.

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Romanus Osabohien; Alexander Wiredu; Paul Nguezet; Djana Mignouna; Tahirou Abdoulaye; Victor Manyong; Zoumana Bamba; Bola Awotide. Youth Participation in Agriculture and Poverty Reduction in Nigeria. Sustainability 2021, 13, 7795 .

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Romanus Osabohien, Alexander Wiredu, Paul Nguezet, Djana Mignouna, Tahirou Abdoulaye, Victor Manyong, Zoumana Bamba, Bola Awotide. Youth Participation in Agriculture and Poverty Reduction in Nigeria. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (14):7795.

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Romanus Osabohien; Alexander Wiredu; Paul Nguezet; Djana Mignouna; Tahirou Abdoulaye; Victor Manyong; Zoumana Bamba; Bola Awotide. 2021. "Youth Participation in Agriculture and Poverty Reduction in Nigeria." Sustainability 13, no. 14: 7795.

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Published: 13 July 2021 in Sustainability
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The increasing rate of youth unemployment in Africa, particularly in Nigeria, remains among the challenges to social and economic stability. Accordingly, the Nigerian government implemented several interventions, including the Youth-in-Agribusiness (YIA) program to reduce youth unemployment. However, the effect of these programs on gainful employment creation is yet to be documented. Therefore, this study examined the impact of the YIA program on creating gainful employment among the youth. Multistage random sampling was used to obtain cross-sectional data from 668 youth in Southwestern Nigeria. Propensity score matching and endogenous switching probit techniques were used for the estimations. Results indicated that variables such as educational attainment, access to training, non-agricultural activity, membership in a youth organization, access to credit, productive resources, and youth location were significant and positively influenced youth decision to participate in the YIA program. Furthermore, participation in the YIA program has a significant positive impact on gainful employment among the youth. Therefore, the study recommends that strengthening social capital such as youth organization, credit scheme (financed by private and government), vocational training, and educational system is vital in enhancing participation in the YIA program and eventually gainful employment of youth.

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Lateef Bello; Lloyd Baiyegunhi; Djana Mignouna; Razack Adeoti; Paul Dontsop-Nguezet; Tahirou Abdoulaye; Victor Manyong; Zoumana Bamba; Bola Awotide. Impact of Youth-in-Agribusiness Program on Employment Creation in Nigeria. Sustainability 2021, 13, 7801 .

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Lateef Bello, Lloyd Baiyegunhi, Djana Mignouna, Razack Adeoti, Paul Dontsop-Nguezet, Tahirou Abdoulaye, Victor Manyong, Zoumana Bamba, Bola Awotide. Impact of Youth-in-Agribusiness Program on Employment Creation in Nigeria. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (14):7801.

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Lateef Bello; Lloyd Baiyegunhi; Djana Mignouna; Razack Adeoti; Paul Dontsop-Nguezet; Tahirou Abdoulaye; Victor Manyong; Zoumana Bamba; Bola Awotide. 2021. "Impact of Youth-in-Agribusiness Program on Employment Creation in Nigeria." Sustainability 13, no. 14: 7801.

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Published: 07 April 2021 in Sustainability
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The proponents of the entrepreneurial motivation dichotomy have argued that opportunity-driven entrepreneurs are more likely to succeed and sustain in entrepreneurship, unlike people who start-up businesses out of necessity. However, disagreement still exists on why and under which conditions the former might outperform the latter. This research contributes to this debate by examining the mediation role of psychological capital in the relationship between entrepreneurial motivation and business success among youths. This study relied on a random sample of 295 young entrepreneurs surveyed from Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). We applied partial least squares to analyze the hypothesized relationships. Evidence for the positive effect of opportunity-led motivation on psychological capital was found, but the findings did not support any direct effect of entrepreneurial motivation on business success. Instead, psychological capital positively and significantly mediated the relationship between entrepreneurial motivation and business success. This paper makes a distinctive new contribution to the understanding of the intriguing and controversial entrepreneurial motivation dichotomy—a business success relationship. To this end, we have found out that opportunity entrepreneurs have 3% more chance of succeeding in businesses compared to necessity entrepreneurs, because the former outperform the latter by 4% in the dimensions of psychological capital. This paper has new policy implications, as it reveals the great importance of psychological capital in promoting business success, thus reducing unemployment among youths, and offers tips from which psychological capital can be built or improved.

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Akilimali Ephrem; Paul Nguezet; Ishara Charmant; McEDWARD Murimbika; Bola Awotide; Abdoulaye Tahirou; Mulindangabo Lydie; Victor Manyong. Entrepreneurial Motivation, Psychological Capital, and Business Success of Young Entrepreneurs in the DRC. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4087 .

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Akilimali Ephrem, Paul Nguezet, Ishara Charmant, McEDWARD Murimbika, Bola Awotide, Abdoulaye Tahirou, Mulindangabo Lydie, Victor Manyong. Entrepreneurial Motivation, Psychological Capital, and Business Success of Young Entrepreneurs in the DRC. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (8):4087.

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Akilimali Ephrem; Paul Nguezet; Ishara Charmant; McEDWARD Murimbika; Bola Awotide; Abdoulaye Tahirou; Mulindangabo Lydie; Victor Manyong. 2021. "Entrepreneurial Motivation, Psychological Capital, and Business Success of Young Entrepreneurs in the DRC." Sustainability 13, no. 8: 4087.