Effects of social media on youth involvement in livestock production in Oyo State, Nigeria

Abstract

Youths are the highest consumers of ICT and they are currently using Social Media (SM) to stir interest, ask questions, and solve constraints in agricultural enterprises. Youths’ participation in livestock enterprises through social media is increasing because they are not capital-intensive and can be practiced in their residences. Hence, the effects of SM on youth involvement in livestock production (LP) were investigated. A multistage sampling procedure was used to select 150 respondents, and a questionnaire was used for data collection and analysis using percentages, mean, standard deviation Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC), and t-test at p ≤ 0.05.

Keywords

• fish farming
• social media utilisation
• livestock production
• poultry farming
• rabbit farming
• whatsapp in livestock production
• youths in livestock production