With the recent focus on youths in agriculture, experts have
agreed that the huge potential in agriculture will boost mass job creation in
Nigeria, reports NaijaAgroNet.
This was the position of South West Regional Director, Federal
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) Dr Lekan Quadri at the
three-day business training for young entrepreneurs in agriculture, held at the
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan.
Lekan who stood in for the Minister of Agriculture and Rural
Development, made inferences to the links between youth unemployment and the
opportunities of an agrarian economy, which he said, could provide the biggest
potential for mass job creation, NaijaAgroNet learnt.
Over the years, he said, getting youths in Nigeria to engage in agriculture has been an uphill task. The reasons, NaijaAgroNet gathered, are obvious, stressing that farming, as it is practised in the country, has not been seen as an attractive venture, just as the condition of those who engage in it has been most discouraging.
“However, the tide is changing. It has become obvious that the youths must be given a pride of place if Nigeria and Africa want to create business opportunities for the unemployed,” he said.
NaijaAgroNet further gathered that over 60 youth from six countries across Africa attended the business training aimed at empowering agripreneurs on “Agripreneural and Business Management.”
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