The Impact of the Nigeria Youth Investment Fund on Smallholder Agricultural Enterprises on Beneficiaries of Selected Batch A Program in Nigeria

The study assessed the Impact of the Nigeria Youth Investment Fund on Smallholder Agricultural Enterprises on Beneficiaries in Nigeria. The multi-stage sampling procedure was employed in data collection while percentages, mean and z-test were used for analysis. From the result, the mean ages of the youth who participated in the program were about 23 years, 99.4% had all forms of tertiary education, 68.0% were single and 31.5% were married. Furthermore, 95% who were surveyed in the program were men and the result also showed that the major occupation prevalence in the area is farming and trading with 71.3%, in addition, 6 to 10 years had farming experience with 53.6%, and about 63.5% were full-time participants. Individuals spent a considerable 1 to 4 hours in their selected enterprises with 35.3%. There were both high levels of participation and extent of engagement in the following enterprises, rice farm production (xr=2.4); Poultry (xp=3.3); Livestock (xl=2.4); Cassava Production (xc=2.5). The study therefore rejects the null hypothesis at a 5% alpha level. The study therefore recommends that training and funds should be made available for youth to participate in most enterprises where there is less interest from the study area. Keywords; Impact, Youth, investment, Fund, Smallholder, Agricultural Enterprises