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Agricultural Sector Performance and Unemployment rate: evidence from Nigeria

This study examined the effect of agricultural sector performance on unemployment rate in Nigeria over the period of forty-three (43) years (1981 to 2023). Agricultural sector performance was proxied by crop production, livestock production, forestry production and fishing production while unemployment rate was the dependent variable. The study utilized time series data and the data were sourced from World Bank Indicators (WDI) of the World Bank, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) statistical bulletin and National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reports. The technique of data analysis adopted include: d…