ERIC Number: EJ1454498
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 13
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Perceptions and Perspectives of Tertiary Students on Liberia's Agribusiness Sector
Maame Kyerewaa Brobbey; Jacqueline Ninson; Andrews Aidoo; Lucille Abruquah; Derek Adabie; Cecilia Kwateng Yeboah; Andrews Aibi Junior
Cogent Education, v11 n1 Article 2437897 2024
This article assesses Liberian tertiary students' perception and perspectives on Liberia's agribusiness sector; the assessment was conducted across nine universities in six counties and targeted young people aged 15-35 as principal respondents. The research employed a survey with a sample size of 1,701 university students. Overall, tertiary students had a positive perspective of the agribusiness sector. Specifically, young people perceived agribusiness to be profitable and a viable venture to engage in (with a median of 2.57 of a perception scale of 1(least profitable) to 3 (most profitable)). Even though young people in Liberia had a positive perspective of the agribusiness sector (with a median of 3.80 of a perception scale of 1(strongly agree) to 5 (strongly disagree)), they agreed that young people in Liberia faced many constraints to their involvement in agribusiness (with a median of 4 of a perception scale of 1(strongly agree) to 5 (strongly disagree). The concept of agribusiness was not well ingrained in the minds of young people in Liberia as they largely perceived agribusiness to be mainly farming. There should be education on agribusiness, where the input, production (farming), processing, distribution and agri-support sectors are holistically referred to as agribusiness.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Postsecondary Education, Agribusiness, Perspective Taking, College Students, Adolescents, Young Adults, Occupational Aspiration, Work Attitudes, Income, Economic Status, Counties, Business Administration Education, Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Education, Barriers, Private Sector
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Postsecondary Education; Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Liberia
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