Due to a great climate and global positioning, Nigeria is one of most fortunate nations when it comes to agriculture. In this way, the Nigerians have plenty of agricultural resources to explore and even to export. By effectively managing the available agricultural resources, Nigeria is also able to improve its economic status by exporting.

Agricultural implications in Nigerian economic development
Whether we are thinking of the coastal mangrove, northern savannas, woodland savannas or rain forests – Nigeria has it all. Besides the petroleum industry, the agriculture industry is also an important resource for economic development and increase of GDP level. Having this in mind, during the last 20 years more than 40% of the GDP level was derived from the agricultural sector.

In the same time, agriculture is an important factor in Nigeria since it contributes to the rate of employment and creates new and reliable employment opportunities. Currently, more than 60% of labor force is concentrated in the agricultural sector. Similarly, farming is a very resourceful activity in Nigeria and only 33% of nation’s land is under cultivation. In this way, the agricultural sector will also be one of the main fields of activity in the future.

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Why is agriculture important? The concept of ‘food security’ is fundamentally important, and for that reason, agriculture is important. The task of feeding its people has been perhaps the first priority of its rulers throughout history. As such, agriculture is considered to be the very basis of political and social stability of a nation since times immemorial.

Moreover, the agricultural sector plays an important role in the sphere of providing large scale employment to people. Large and moderately large farms employ workers to undertake the various jobs relating to cultivation of crops and care of farm animals. In most of the countries of the world, agriculture still remains the biggest sector responsible for the employing and feeding a large percentage of the population.

Agriculture is also important from the point of view of appraising the standard of a country’s development, based on the competence of its farmers. Poorly trained farmers cannot apply the advanced methods and new technologies. The prominence of science and technology in the development of agriculture is quite clear from the words of Deng Xiaoping -

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Agriculture is a very important activity for the survival of human beings on this earth. This is clearly reflected in the very basic fact that agriculture is one of the oldest activities of humankind. The term ‘agriculture’ includes both the cultivation of crops and the domestication of animals.

As the most profound resource, agriculture provides food, clothing and shelter to us. With the spread of knowledge of the most advanced implements, there has been immense progress in the spread of agriculture, as well as agricultural output. The use of agricultural machinery, scientific methods of farming and diversification of crops have improved the overall production of agricultural crops the world over.

The study of agriculture is important because it has been classified into different agricultural types, each with its unique characteristic features. These varied types are:-

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