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Harnessing Social Media for Nascent Agribusiness Entrepreneurs in a Peri-Urban Community in Nigeria: Implications for Business Performance Cover

Harnessing Social Media for Nascent Agribusiness Entrepreneurs in a Peri-Urban Community in Nigeria: Implications for Business Performance

Open Access
|Sep 2025

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1.

Background characteristics of the respondentsMean Age: 40.2 years; SD: 8.3Source: Primary data collected by authors.
Background characteristics of the respondentsMean Age: 40.2 years; SD: 8.3Source: Primary data collected by authors.

Fig. 2.

Perceived Influence of Social Media Usage on Business PerformanceSource: Primary data collected by authors.
Perceived Influence of Social Media Usage on Business PerformanceSource: Primary data collected by authors.

Multiple Regression Outputs Showing the Relationship Between Social Media Usage and Business Performance, Controlling for Prior Knowledge and Social Networks

Coef.Std. Err.Tp > |t|
Social media usage.2089331.09713072.150.034
Prior knowledge.2119322.1147991.850.068
Social network.118642.10160581.170.246
Constant.3048624.1027582.970.004

Association between Social Media Usage, Background Characteristics, and Opportunity Identification

Background CharacteristicsOpportunity identification
Chi-squareSig.
Sex9.004.109
Age3.161.675
Marital status15.041.010
Education4.932.424
Religion4.005.549
Tribe.956.966
Social media46.745.001

Association between Social Media Usage and Business Performance

Coef.Std. Err.tp > |t|95% CI
Social media usage.2884615.09193213.140.002.1060253–.4708978
Constant.5.06629327.540.000.36844–.6315567
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17306/j.jard.2025.3.000021r2 | Journal eISSN: 1899-5772 | Journal ISSN: 1899-5241
Language: English
Page range: 362 - 370
Accepted on: Aug 25, 2025
Published on: Sep 30, 2025
Published by: The University of Life Sciences in Poznań
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2025 Bisi Agnes Shittu, Marie Kavanah, Xujuan Zhou, published by The University of Life Sciences in Poznań
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