International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
Precious Omesiri Abushe, Nonyelim Cynthia Nwachukwu, Amafade Ughwe Goodluck, Ekokogbe Otega Oghenebrorhie, Oluwaseun I Ekorhi-Robinson and Albert U Ofuoku

abstract
This study explores the perspectives and attitudes of founders of poultry farms in Delta State Nigeria, about passing their farms on to the following generation. 275 registered poultry farmers in Delta State were chosen through a random selection process. The study's goals were to determine the founder’s attitude on willingness to transfer the poultry farm to a designated successor and to identify the factors limiting intergeneration farm transfer among poultry farmers. A systematic questionnaire inspired by the Theory of Planned Behavior was used to gather data. Frequency counts, percentages, and averages calculated from a 5-point Likert scale were used in the descriptive data analysis. Logit regression was used for inferential statistics. The findings indicated that the majority of respondents (62.50%) were men, the majority were middle-aged (49 years), married (70.91%), and 40.11% had a university degree. Approximately 39.20 percent of those surveyed had been farmers for 15 years. The majority of farmers (81.10%) of farmers expresses their willingness to transfer their farms business to a successor. Attitudinal factors influenced their willingness to engage a successor. The logit result showed that characteristics including sex, age, education, debt from farming, and farming experience contributed significantly to intergenerational transfer. Unwillingness of the successor as perceived by the farmer and debt owned by the farm is seen as major limitations affecting intergenerational transfer of poultry farm enterprise It is recommended that successors should be chosen from among the family farm labour early enough awaiting the decision on intergenerational farm transfer in order to foster sustainability of poultry industry.