ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION OF NIGERIA
Abstract
ABSTRACT
The objective of this study is to examine the role of the agricultural sector in economic diversification of the Nigerian economy. The main objectives of the study are as follows: i. To examine the constraints hampering Agriculture as a tool for the diversification in the country. The results show that there is a positive relationship between school enrollment and GDPC during the study period. On the other hand, manufacturing output has a negative and statistically insignificant impact on GDPC. Service sectior was found to be positively related to GDPC at 5% level of significance. The result also shows that the service sector is positively related with GDPC and is statistically significant. The findings point out that the estimated result generally free from serial correlation. Therefore, it can be concluded that the results are efficient and consisted.
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