The government of various states has an important role to play in ensuring the effective domestication of the efforts of the federal government and encouraging and supporting youths in their states to embrace the various opportunities provided them by agriculture.

These include the resuscitation of the Nigerian Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA), the Anchor Borrowers’ Scheme, N-Power Agro amongst others.

In a desperate bid to salvage the dwindling fortunes of the country and to cater for its teeming unemployed youth population, the federal government Nigeria rolled out various programs and policies aimed at transforming the agricultural sector.

The fall of the global oil prices has indeed left a huge blow on the economic fortunes of the country and this has compelled the government at the centre to explore ways of diversifying the Nigerian economy.

Agriculture has remained a major driver of the economies of developing countries, Nigeria inclusive. Agriculture was dominantly the mainstay of the Nigerian economy before the advent of oil.