Information Needs of Youths involved in Urban Agriculture as Strategy for Checking Unemployment in Epe Lga of Lagos State, Nigeria

摘要

This study assessed the information needs of youths involved in urbanagriculture in Epe LGA of Lagos state, Nigeria. Data was generated by means of structuredquestionnaire from 140 respondents and analyzed with frequency counts, percentages, meansand chi-square was used for hypothesis testing. Most (50.7%) were males, majority (71.4%)were unemployed. Most (54.3%) need information on crop production, 35.0% sourceagriculture information through extension agents, urban agriculture can be a solace forunemployed (X = 4.27) was a high perception. Vegetable (Χ =3.52), maize (Χ= 3.47),cassava (Χ = 3.23) and fish production (Χ 4.12) was their major agricultural tasks.Unemployment was caused by laziness, lack of knowledge and god-fatherism. Respondents'level of education (Χ2 = 13.465: p< 0.05) and primary occupation (Χ2 = 7.125: p