Developmental Strategy for Agriculture in Nigeria

Abstract

There seems to be no controversy about Nigeria being an agricultural country with food sufficiency up till the late 1970s. However, in recent times the country is finding it very difficult to provide sufficient food for the teeming population which has resulted in the majority of the country’s citizens slipping into poverty. The ability of the country to provide sufficiently for the citizens was a result of a lack of reliable and effective developmental and transformational strategies in the agricultural sector of the country which is a major employer of labour in the rural community. To this end, this chapter mainly focuses on factors inhibiting the development of agricultural companies in Nigeria and how to overcome the developmental barriers in the agricultural sector in Nigeria. The findings from the review show that the bane of the agricultural sector in Nigeria is due to the lack of an agricultural regulatory framework and policy transmission mechanism and over-dependence on oil revenue amongst other things (Adams, 2016). It is therefore imperative for the country to embark on the development of a reliable agricultural framework and model that will aid food sufficiency in the country.

Citation

Adetuyi, A., Tarbert, H. and Harrison, C. (2023), "Developmental Strategy for Agriculture in Nigeria", Harrison, C. and Omeihe, K.O. (Ed.) Contextualising African Studies: Challenges and the Way Forward (New Frontiers in African Business and Society), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 129-151. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80455-338-120231007