چكيده لاتين :
The lack of empirical data on the determinants of youthsי participation in rural agriculture necessitated this study that investigated the rate of youthsי participation, agricultural activities participated in and the factors that determined their participation in lmo State, Nigeria. Data were generated from 230 youths from the three agricultural zones of the state using questionnaire and interview schedule. These were analyzed
with the aid of frequency tables, simple percentage counts and logit regression model at 0.05 level of significance. The results indicated about 84% participation in land clearing, planting, fertilizer application,
collection of fodder for livestock etc. The participation was determined by their ages, education, marital status, parentsי income, parentsי occupation, household size and youthsי dependence status. It was recommended that institutional support services for agriculture should be extended to the youths and intervention strategies for youthsי agricultural activities should be guided and guarded by their ages, education, marital status, parentsי income, parentsי occupation, family size and youthsי dependence status.
