<html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> <p>Climate change is already affecting the world food chain and threatening the<br /> economy of nations as well as the wellbeing of millions of people in<br /> developing countries. It is therefore imperative that we scale up efforts to<br /> address it now. The role of agripreneurship in enhancing climate change<br /> resilience agriculture can never be overestimated in the economy of nations.<br /> Investing in agripreneurship for climate change resilience economy is<br /> investing for eco-friendly environment, job creation opportunities, high rate<br /> of living standard, economic growth and stability, better communities and<br /> brighter earth for our future generations. Nigeria is blessed with many abundant<br /> agricultural resource base.</p> <p>There are over 2000 agro resource base materials that can be commercially grown and<br /> processed into acceptable competitive products, goods and services through<br /> agripreneurship program in Nigeria.<br /> Through the activities of agripreneurship, leaders and entrepreneurs of clusters of<br /> industries at AgriSME levels involved in production, handling, processing, marketing etc. will emerge to help stabilize and grown the economy. Agripreneurship curriculum<br /> development and introduction at tertiary institution levels would help achieve these<br /> objectives. World Bank activities through their programs in Nigeria should reflect the<br /> importance of agripreneurship for the nation&rsquo;s economic growth. Nigeria&rsquo;s agricultural<br /> policies should be strengthened and designed to reflect green economy for food security, environmental safety and employment generation, and at same time encourage in-depth research in the subject matter.</p> <p><a href="http://okonkwowilfred.com/uploads/Agripreneurship_131_virtual_summit 2023.pdf">Click to dowload presentaion</a></p> </body> </html>