Oluwatoyin Matthew|Romanus Osabohien|Urhie Ese|Olabanji Olukayode Ewetan|Oluwasogo Adediran|Emmanuel Oduntan|Comfort Olopade
Agriculture as a Stimulant for Sustainable Development in ECOWAS
Covenant University|Covenant University|Covenant University|Covenant University|Covenant University|Covenant University|Adeleke University
study utilized secondary data sourced world development indicators wdi international labour organisation ilo united nations educational scientific cultural organization unesco system generalized method moments sgmm econometric technique used analyze data sustainable development goal 1 proxy poverty used dependent variable agriculture value added employment agricultural sector inequality literacy rate population growth rate gross domestic savings explanatory variables study found agriculture value added employment agricultural sector statistically significant explaining poverty negatively related poverty economic community west african states ecowas subregion therefore based findings study recommends governments ecowas countries focus agriculture order become exporters cash crops boost economies increase savings used alleviate eliminate poverty among people