Rural Community Support as Elixir of Rural Business and Entrepreneurship Development (Review Completed - Accepted)
The purpose of this study is to establish the effect of community support on the rural business and entrepreneurship development. From the analysis of data collected and hypotheses tested, the study concluded that (i) the existing community support in the rural areas of Oyo State is gender biased, (ii) Rural business and Entrepreneurship development to some significant extend reflect the tempo of community support level in a given rural setting and (iii) Community social indices support in the rural region of Oyo State, have a kind of significant effect on rural business and entrepreneurship development, based on these conclusion some recommendations were made to the government and the community leaders.
Keywords: Business, Community support, Entrepreneurship, Gender, Social crisis