Agriculture and the Question of National Economy, Development and Security: A Nigerian Perspective

Abstract

Agriculture has always been one of the earliest, easiest and natural activities on which man depended for survival. In the case of Nigeria, the lucrative worth of agriculture is quite undisputable. The glory of Nigeria as a country in terms of standard economy, commerce, food security, fame, etc. has always been traced to agricultural activities. But this paper finds out that the era of agricultural glory in Nigeria has gone following the one-phase economic system the country adopted since the discovery of oil in Niger Delta axis. Consequently, this has accumulated in high unemployment rate, economic valuelessness, poverty, atrocious acts emanating from hunger strike, insecurity and criminalities, etc. This paper therefore argues that Nigerians necessary have to go back to agriculture when the government must ensured provision of mechanised system and then security of farmers and their produce against terrors. The paper holds promise to analyze how both the government and the people should work with understanding to ensure the achievement of this. The paper adopts context analytical and historical methods.