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Rural children are in recent times confirmed to be engaged in numerous farm activities most especially processing,
particularly cassava, mainly to augment the income of their respective parents and in turn improve household welfare but
in many cases this is detrimental to their livelihood and negatively affects their general lifestyle. The study examined the
determinants of rural children’s participation in cassava processing in Egbeda Local Government Area of Oyo State.
Multi-stage sampling technique was used in selecting a total of 150 respondents using instruments like copies of structured
questionnaire and recording gadget such as cell phone. Primary data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics
and parametric tool, Probit model in determinants of rural children’s participation in cassava processing. The result of the
maximum likelihood estimate (MLE) of probit regression showed that age, dependency ratio, parent’s marital status,
financial need gap, daily wage, technology type, and number of friends kept by respondents amongst others were all
significant at the least of 10% level and positively affected participation of rural children in cassava processing. Poor
remuneration (29.30 percent) was voted highest for the constraints confronted while income generation (58 percent)
remained the main reason for rural children’s engagement in cassava processing. Garri was the most common cassava
product produced by the respondents. It was recommended that, crop processing related training be given to farmers who
are into cassava processing in the study area.