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Potentials of Agrotourism on Social and Economic Development of the Selected Agricultural Farms and Adjoining Communities in South-Western Nigeria Cover

Potentials of Agrotourism on Social and Economic Development of the Selected Agricultural Farms and Adjoining Communities in South-Western Nigeria

Open Access
|Jan 2021

Abstract

Agrotourism industry has contributed immensely to economy of many developing nations, especially in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. This forms a basis for these research findings aimed at assessing the potential of agrotourism in Obasanjo Farm and Oakfield farm for improving the livelihood of immediate communities. This study employed a multiple research instrument while theoretical and specific practical approaches were used in the identification and classification of the potential agrotourism activities using a thematic qualitative, descriptive quantitative and SWOT analysis. The results show that 71% of the respondents have basic knowledge of agrotourism. The Likert scale shows that the respondents completely agreed (4.52) that agrotourism is beneficial to people and equally agreed (4.56) on the need to develop it. Recommendations are drawn from the SWOT analysis on the need for farm management to strengthen available opportunities through incorporating agrotourism activities with other farming activities, while addressing the environmental threats and organisational weaknesses.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cjot-2019-0008 | Journal eISSN: 1805-9767 | Journal ISSN: 1805-3580
Language: English
Page range: 119 - 142
Published on: Jan 29, 2021
Published by: Masaryk University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2021 Sunday Oladipo Oladeji, Olukayode Temitope Ariyo, Opeyemi Iyinoluwa Alabi, published by Masaryk University
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