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Empowering Millennial Agripreneurs for Sustainability: A Plssem Analysis from Kwara State, Nigeria

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  • Oluwayomi Omotayo Olota

    (Department of Business Administration, University of Ilorin, Nigeria | *Corresponding author’s email: olota.oo@unilorin.edu.ng)

  • Olushola Joshua Omolekan

    (Department of Business Administration, University of Ilorin, Nigeria)

  • Ebenezer Oluwadamilare Balogun

    (Department of Business Administration, University of Ilorin, Nigeria)

  • Kayode David Kolawole

    (Department of Finance, University of Ilorin, Nigeria)

Abstract

This study examined relationships between millennial youth empowerment dimensions and agripreneurship sustainability among registered agripreneurs in Kwara State, Nigeria. Grounded in Human Capital Theory and Resource-Based View Theory, the research investigated five empowerment dimensions: access to finance, training and capacity building, networking opportunities, market access, and innovation support, and their associations with agripreneurship sustainability outcomes measured through business growth, job creation, environmental impact, food security, and economic empowerment. A quantitative crosssectional survey design was adopted, with structured questionnaires administered to 400 registered millennial agripreneurs aged 18 to 35 years, selected through multistage sampling across Kwara State's three geopolitical zones. Data were analysed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) via SmartPLS 4.0. Results revealed that all five empowerment dimensions significantly predict agripreneurship sustainability, with access to finance emerging as the strongest predictor (β = 0.288, p

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  • Oluwayomi Omotayo Olota & Olushola Joshua Omolekan & Ebenezer Oluwadamilare Balogun & Kayode David Kolawole, 2026. "Empowering Millennial Agripreneurs for Sustainability: A Plssem Analysis from Kwara State, Nigeria," Ilorin Journal of Economic Policy, Department of Economics, University of Ilorin, vol. 13(2), pages 1-24.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:ilojep:023867
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    JEL classification:

    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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