The Economic Significance of Agriculture for Sustainable Development in Nigeria
Publish place: International Journal of Management, Accounting and Economics (IJMAE)، Vol: 2، Issue: 9
Publish Year: 1394
Type: Journal paper
Language: English
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Index date: 5 September 2016
The Economic Significance of Agriculture for Sustainable Development in Nigeria abstract
This study empirically investigates the agriculture-economic growth nexus in Nigeria. An economic growth model for Nigeria is specified and estimated through the use of Ordinary Least Squares as well as Johansen Cointegration and Vector Error Correction Model on annual data spanning from 1980 to 2012. The empirical result suggests that Agriculture is positively associated with economic growth in Nigeria. Results from this study also indicates that increasing the population of agriculture labour force will impact positively on economic growth. However, Infrastructure and human capital are found to be the key determinants of Nigeria‘s economic growth in the period under review. This study suggests that Nigeria policymakers should develop strategies that are geared towards infrastructure and human capital development in order to maximize the potential of the agricultural sector.
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The Economic Significance of Agriculture for Sustainable Development in Nigeria authors
Olasunkanmi Owolabi-Merus
UNE Business School, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia
Bashir Adesoye Bello
Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia