Farming in Nigeria: The Economic importance of Agriculture for poverty reduction and improved development.

Article by Allison otobo, Farming in Nigeria: The Economic importance of Agriculture for poverty reduction and improved development. Introduction The role of agriculture contribution to an economic growth has been an ongoing topic of controversy amongst most development economist. Agriculture plays an important role in promoting growth by stimulating economic growth, reducing the level of poverty and also creates employment for people in the developing world (Kida, 2011) . Agriculture also has a very important role in the human community and humans depend on agriculture to survive. In the past years, Agriculture was seen as a passive partner with the industrial sector in the development process, it is now seen as an Active partner with the industrial sector in the development process. According to jerzy W. (2013), agricultural activities are set of activities that includes labour, land or soil, Animal rearing, plants,...