Abstract

Efficient utilization of the entrepreneurship potentials in agriculture towards women and youth empowerment in sub-Saharan Africa cannot be overemphasized. Poverty is a malady that incapacitates its victim economically and indirectly subjects them to a state of destitution, voicelessness, powerlessness and even violence. Unfortunately, the most affected sex being women and children. Harnessing the potentials of agriculture is essential not only for self-reliance but also for meeting the food and nutritional security of the people, to bring about equitable distribution of income and wealth in rural areas as well as to reduce poverty and improve the quality of life. Available potentials in this sector include; livestock, crops and agro-allied among others. Initiatives in Nigeria towards entrepreneurship development includes: National Directorate of Employment and the Better Life for Rural Women among others. This article reviews their constraints and reiterates the importance of sustainable utilization of the enormous entrepreneurial potentials of agriculture. Keywords: Agriculture, entrepreneurship, poverty, women, empowerment.