Dr. Onuoha Catherine U.
Department of Primary Education
Ebonyi State College of Education Ikwo
Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
Abstract.
This study focuses on developing pupils entrepreneurial skills in agriculture for sustainable food production. The paper stresses the need for a functional and proper education of students in the area of agricultural skills with regard to skills development. The study discussed the skills in promoting students’ interest in practical agriculture. Major challenges militating against the effective teaching of agriculture as an instructional material required in Nigeria schools were outlined which include: inadequate and incompetence teachers, lack of agricultural facilities in schools, inadequate/lack of farm lands in schools, lack of funds and non-involvement of Non-governmental agencies. Ways of mitigating the challenges through effective provision of education on practical agricultural program were offered. The conclusion was that there is need for Nigerian schools to be fully equipped with facilities and well trained and knowledgeable agricultural education teachers for knowledge creation and quality learning and performance.
Keywords: Agriculture, schools farm, sustainable development and food production.
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