Determinants of Youth Participation in Market-Oriented Vegetable Production Trainings in Northern Uganda

Vegetable production plays a crucial role in youth livelihoods in Uganda. Vegetables are important as a source of food and income. Despite the tremendous market opportunities available for youth in the vegetable value chain, their performance is still below optimum, which has prompted interventions to offer skills. This study was conducted to examine the determinants of youth participation in agricultural training using a case of the market-oriented vegetable production trainings carried out in Northern Uganda by Gulu University. Specifically, the study sought to characterise the participants and non-participants in the training and examine the determinants for their participation in the training. Using cross-sectional data from the trained and non-trained youth, a binary Logistic regression was used to model the decision of the youth to participate in the training. The results showed that youth participation in the training was significantly influenced by marital status, secondary income sources, land ownership, access to agricultural credit, gender, household headship, and total land size under agricultural production. From the findings of this study, the study recommended that youth training in agriculture should be designed in a way that not only offers knowledge but also addresses contextual issues that create an enabling environment