Poverty Eradication through Agricultural Practices for Better Economic Growth in Nigeria

Abstract

Poverty could be seen as a phenomenon in Nigeria, where one is under the state of being inferior in quality or insufficient in amount. Over the years, the Nigerian government has been trying their utmost best in eradicating poverty by introducing a series of poverty eradication programmes geared towards improving the quality of people's life. The effort already put by the government is only felt by the very few people considering the nation's population. The present population of the country which makes Nigeria the seventh most populous nation in the world and the first in Africa calls for a great concern. For this reason, there is a need to encourage government to put more effort in eradicating poverty through empowering the people by considering agriculture as the only alternative in growing the nation's economy. This paper tends to discuss the need for government to speed up in their plan in diversifying the nation's economy into agriculture for the purpose of providing Nigeria a better economic growth.