Authors : Udotim, Akerete Anthony

Volume/Issue : Volume 10 - 2025, Issue 10 - October

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Abstract : The study examined the imperative of agriculture for development administration in Nigeria. It studied various agricultural programmes of governments and administrations in Nigeria which shows that the programmes remained unsuccessful due to many factors such as lack of involvement of the rural and the beneficiaries of such programmes, corruption, haphazard formulation and implementation of programmes of agriculture amongst others, proposing three approaches that could revamp the agricultural sector and bring about the needed development. The three approaches: the Provision of Market and Mechanism for Export (PMME), Massive Self Involvement (MSI) and Gentleman Farmer Approach (GFA) are viable and more practical approaches that can be adopted by Nigeria and any other country for viable pursuit of agriculture as business to boost the GDP of any country. The study made use of secondary source of data collection and contextual/descriptive method of data analysis. The method allows for analysis of various programmes and policies in agriculture in Nigeria to assess the viability of the three proposed approaches to agriculture for national development. It revealed that agricultural programmes and policies should have the nature of musa paradisiaca, a plantain theory of sustainable development. The study stem from the fact that Nigeria is blessed with favourable weather and climatic conditions, natural resources, fertile soil, abundant land that could she can exploit to bring about economic Eldorado.

Keywords : Agriculture, Administration, Development, PMME, MSI, GFA, Programmes, Policies.

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