AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION

Abstract

The paper highlights the concept of Entrepreneurship and traced the history of Entrepreneurship in relation to the new dispensation. The current situation with rising population, food scarcity and high unemployment rate calls for entrepreneurship education. The paper further discussed the benefits accrued from a School Farm as a laboratory for entrepreneurship education. It recommended among others, the establishment of a functional School Farm in institution training

students in agriculture; review of curriculum to incorporate entrepreneurship education, adequate

funding and retraining of teachers in line with the entrepreneurship education. It concludes that, skill development for ability to perform in agricultural production, food processing and preservation are very essential for entrepreneurial education in order to achieve economic growth and development.