Open AccessAgripreneurship Curriculum Development in Nigerian Higher Institutions
Author(s) -
Sunday C. Eze,
Vera C. Chinedu-Eze
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of small business and entrepreneurship research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-583X
pISSN - 2053-5821
DOI - 10.37745/ejsber.vol4.no6.p53-66.2016
Subject(s) - agriculture , curriculum , economic growth , agricultural education , agricultural development , agricultural economics , business , political science , sustainable development , subject (documents) , development economics , economics , geography , library science , archaeology , computer science , law
Sustainable agriculture has remained a subject of debate in Nigeria for decades without tangible results. Between 2001 and 2007, agricultural sector accounted for 40 percent of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Products (GDP) and 51 percent of job creation. However, in 2015 agriculture accounted for only 17.77% of Nigeria’s GDP (National Bureau of Statistics, 2015). These figures are indications that agriculture has not met the need of the country, and reveal the dwindling nature of the sector. The declining nature of agriculture calls for a new strategy that will support agricultural development in Nigeria. This paper aims to advance agripreneurship education in Nigerian Universities by attempting to develop a curriculum that will trigger agriprenuership taught classes in Universities in Nigeria in attempt to increase youth and farmers participation in agripreneurship and improve the agricultural sector in general