Agro Business as a Remedy for Youth Unemployment towards the Acheivement of Sustainable Development in Nigeria: Comparative Perspectives from the Kwara State Agro Business Economy.

An efficient agricultural sector would in no doubt enable a country to generate employment opportunities. The dynamism of the agricultural sector is undoubtedly a springboard for youth empowerment towards a sustainable socio – economic development of any nation. This paper asserts that the agricultural sector is the key driver of sustainability in most developed nations of the world. Specifically, this paper focuses on the pivotal role of agriculture in the initialisation of sustainable development through agro business in Kwara state of Nigeria. Thus the underlying motive of this work is to alert policy makers in Nigeria on the need to focus on exploiting the enormous opportunities provided by agro business, in an attempt to eradicate youth unemployment towards the achievement of sustainable development