EXPLORING THE NEXUS BETWEEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN ALOR-IDEMILI SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study explored the link between entrepreneurship and rural development in Alor,

Idemili, south local government area of Anambra State, Nigeria. To examine how the

benefits and challenges in entrepreneurship relate to and influence rural development. The

research design method used was the descriptive research of the survey type. The

population for the study was 1256 small and large-scale entrepreneurs in the study area, the

sampling technique used was random sampling methods, and 375 entrepreneurs from the

study area were used. The instrument was a 20 self-structured questionnaire titled

''Entrepreneurship and Rural Development’’. Face and content validity were done on the

instrument, while split-half reliability was applied to check the instrument's consistency. A

reliability coefficient of .89 was obtained. The study's findings revealed a significant

relationship between the benefits of entrepreneurship and rural development. There is a

positive relationship between the challenges in entrepreneurship and rural development in

the study area, with an r value of .175 and .151 at .05 level of significance. Based on the

findings, it was recommended, among others, that the government and community members

should not make the business community difficult for private investors to exist since they

need each other.