Abstract
The study was carried out to identify the entrepreneurial skills required by Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in quail production for sustainable living in North-Central Nigeria. Specifically, the study identified skills in planning, rearing and marketing of quail and its products in the area of study. To achieve these specific objectives, three research questions and three null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population for the study was 69, made up of 22 lecturers of agricultural education and 47 registered quail farmers in the area of study. Sixty-nine copies of the questionnaire were administered and retrieved from the respondents. The internal consistency of the instrument was established using the Cronbach’s alpha (α)method which yielded a coefficient of 0.83. The data collected were analysed using mean to answer the research questions while t-test statistic was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings showed that15 skills in planning for quail production, 24 skills in rearing quail birds and 18 skills in marketing of quail eggs and meat were required by IDPs. Significant difference exists (p