Sustainable Skill Acquisition in Agriculture as a Panacea for Economic Growth and Achieving Zero Hunger in Nigeria

Abstract

This paper describes how sustainable skill acquisition in agriculture can help buffer solution to the problem of economic growth and achieving zero hunger in Nigeria. This paper is a review work on sustainable skill acquisition in agriculture and has discussed the sustainability, skill acquisition, economic growth, factors militating sustainable skill acquisition in agriculture and panacea towards economic growth and achieving zero hunger. Based on the benefits of sustainable skill acquisition in agriculture, coupled with the goals, aims and objective of agricultural education in Nigeria, it was recommended among others that; government at all level should endeavour to improve agricultural education skill acquisition centres in all part of the country; effort should be made to maximize the type of skills to be acquired by putting in place quality, competent and proficient teachers in the use of sustainable agricultural skills; funding is an integral part of any program should be made available by the government in synergy with other stakeholders.