Abstract

Two research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. Questionnaire was used to elicit relevant information from the respondents-school principals, agricultural science teachers and the students. Creating the awareness and interests of youths in agriculture cannot be an overnight and an instant affair. They must be integral parts of the day to day upbringing of our youths right from their schooling days through active participation in youth programmes and events that have much relevance to agriculture. These will ultimately broaden their understanding of the nature and scope of agriculture in and out of classroom situations. Since our daily lives revolve agriculture in totality, efforts should be made to orientate our youths[in and out of school environments] to appreciate agriculture as a life supporting engine. This study investigated youth organization activities in complementing the improvement and effective use of classroom instruction in Agriculture in Nigerian schools. Two research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. Questionnaire was used to collect relevant information from 15 school principals, 34 agricultural science teachers and 228 agricultural science students randomly selected from a total population of the respondents in Ogun State, South-Western Nigeria. Mean, standard deviation and t-test were used for the analysis. Recommendations made based on the findings of the study include the engagements of the youths more in areas of crop production and livestock production, regular field trips and visits to agricultural shows among others.