From school to the farm: an assessment of the motivation to become agropreneurs among students in Lagos owned tertiary institutions

• Authors: Rasheed O. Azeez

Title variants

PL

Od szkoły do gospodarstwa rolnego: ocena motywacji do bycia agroprzedsiębiorcą wśród studentów w instytucjach szkolnictwa wyższego w Lagos

Abstracts

PL

Pomimo strategicznego znaczenia rolnictwa dla rozwoju narodów przedsiębiorczość rolnicza (agropreneurship) wydaje się być niekorzystną opcją wśród młodzieży szkolącej się i mieszkającej w osiedlach miejskich, takich jak stan Lagos w Nigerii. Pomimo różnych inicjatyw agroprzedsiębiorczych wdrażanych przez rząd stanu Lagos za pośrednictwem jego agencji i instytucji młodzież lub młodzi przedsiębiorcy chcą kontynuować karierę w sektorach usług, technologii, mody i rozrywki, gdzie to się dzieje i jest dość modne. W związku z tym dążenie do stania się agroprzedsiębiorcą wydaje się być nieco ograniczone dla studentów studiów licencjackich, motywowanych czynnikami, nieznanymi dla wielu badaczy i decydentów. W badaniu tym oceniono czynniki, które motywują studentów szkół wyższych, należących do Lagos, do stania się agroprzedsiębiorcą. Korzystając z projektu badawczego opartego na równoczesnej transformacyjnej metodzie mieszanej, zebrano dane od młodych rolników (rolników z kampusu), którzy są studentami trzech wyższych uczelni Lagos State University (LASU), Lagos State University of Education (LASUED), Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH), której właścicielem jest stan Lagos, metodą wywiadu i kwestionariusza. Respondentów zapytano o motywy rozpoczęcia działalności w sektorze rolniczym, a wyniki analizy za pomocą prostej analizy procentowej i treściowej ujawniły, że m.in. głównymi czynnikami motywującymi respondentów do rozpoczęcia działalności rolniczej było rzucenie sobie wyzwania w zakresie myślenia nieszablonowego, uniezależniania się, z możliwością kontrolowania swojego czasu, realizacji marzeń, podnoszenia statusu społeczno-ekonomicznego oraz rozwiązywania problemów związanych z żywnością. Opierając się na wynikach tego badania, zalecono między innymi rządowi, aby za pośrednictwem określonych ministerstw, departamentów i agencji stworzył politykę zachęcającą do projektów rolniczych na kampusach, a także udostępnił dotacje rolnikom na kampusach na podstawie ilości ich produktów rocznie.

EN

In spite of the strategic importance of agriculture to the development of nations, agricultural-based entrepreneurship (agropreneurship) seems to be an unfavoured option among youths schooling – and living- in urban settlements such as Lagos state, Nigeria. Despite the various agropreneurship initiatives being implemented by the Lagos State Government through its agencies and institutions, the youth or young entrepreneurs desire to pursue their careers in the service, technology, fashion and entertainment sectors where it is happening and trendy. Consequently, the push to become agropreneurs seems to be somewhat restricted to undergraduate students motivated by factors unknown to many researchers and policy makers. This study assessed the factors that motivate Lagos-owned tertiary institutions’ undergraduate students to become agropreneurs. Using the concurrent transformative mixed method research design, data were collected from young agropreneurs (campus farmers) who are undergraduates of the three tertiary institutions – Lagos State University (LASU), Lagos State University of Education (LASUED), Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) – owned by Lagos State using the interview and questionnaire methods. Respondents were asked about their motivations to start a business in the agriculture sector, and results of the analysis using simple percentage and content analysis brought to the fore that, among the key motivators for the respondents to start their agro-based businesses were to challenge themselves to think out of the box, becoming independent with the ability to control their time, pursuing their dream, elevating their socio-economic status, and to solve the food crisis. Based on the results, this study recommended amongst others that, government through its specialized ministries, departments and agencies should create policies that encourages campus farming project and also, grants should be made available to campus farmers based on the quantity of their produce yearly.

Keywords

PL

motywacja; agroprzedsiębiorca; Lagos; instytucje szkolnictwa wyższego; gospodarstwo rolne

EN

motivation; agropreneurs; Lagos; tertiary institutions; farm

• Publisher: Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna im. Jarosława Dąbrowskiego
• Journal: Nowoczesne Systemy Zarządzania
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 89-108

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Rasheed O. Azeez

• Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management, Lagos State University, Nigeria

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Identifiers

DOI

10.37055/nsz/176545

Biblioteka Nauki

23050806