Abstract

The study examined the effect of agriculture promotion policy on the performance of agripreneurship in Ogun State. Specifically, the study seeks to verify the effect of agriculture promotion policy on food security and agricultural value chain in Ogun State. The methodology used in the study was a descriptive survey designed with the aid of administration of questionnaire to collect data from key respondents. Two hundred and eighty-three (283) samples were derived using Taro Yamane statistical formula. The study also used regression analysis to determine the effect of agriculture promotion policy on agripreneurship and analysed research hypotheses using SPSS version 20. The findings of the study reveal that agriculture promotion policy has a positive significant effect on food security and agriculture promotion policy has a positive significant effect on agricultural value chain. The study recommended, among others, for food security to be continuously improved on, farmers/agripreneurs should be encouraged to establish safe storage facility as it is very important for food security, it will help to stabilise food price.