Abstract
The study was carried to investigate the problems and prospects of entrepreneurship for sustainable
Agricultural production in Nsukka Agricultural zone of Enugu state. Four research questions and four null
hypotheses were formulated to guide the study.Survey research design was adopted. Population for the study
comprised 530, representing 515 agricultural entrepreneurs and 15 extension agents in Nsukka agricultural
zone. No sample was selected since the population was manageable. Structured questionnaire was developed
to solicit information from respondents. The instrument was validated by three experts and tested for reliability
using Cronbach alpha reliability method which yielded a coefficient of 0.78. The instrument was administered
by the researchers with the help of three research assistants.Total of 530 copies of the instrument were
administered but 480 were collected representing a return rate of 91 percent. The data were analyzed using
mean to answer research questions while t-test statistic was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of
significance. It was found among others that fish farming, timber production, arable crop production, piggery,
snail farming, horticulture, apiculture were the areas entrepreneurship can be carried out in Agriculture. It was
recommended that agricultural entrepreneurs should be given proper education and re-trained on the needs
for entrepreneurship for sustainable agriculture.
Key words: Sustainability. Agricultural Production, Entrepreneurship, Prospects
Publication Date: 2019-12-05