Agripreneurship Skills Training: A Pathway to Attainment of SDG 4 Through Work Integrated Learning in Bayelsa State.

Authors: Matthew Witadu MICAH & Dr. Bumien Victor YABRIFA2

Affiliation: Department of Agricultural Science Education Faculty of Education, Niger Delta University Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State

Corresponding Author: [email protected]

March 16, 2026

SIAR-Global Journal of Literatures & Educational Review

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19053093

Agripreneurship Skills Training: A Pathway to Attainment of SDG 4 Through Work Integrated Learning in Bayelsa State.

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This opinion paper argues that agripreneurship competency training can serve as a practical pathway for advancing Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) in Bayelsa State when it is intentionally delivered through work-integrated learning. The paper is motivated by the increasing demand for education that is both inclusive and clearly relevant to livelihoods, employability, and sustainable local development, particularly within contexts where formal employment opportunities remain limited and agricultural value chains remain underutilized for youth enterprise. Conceptually, the paper conceptualizes agripreneurship as a valuecreating engagement with agriculture that extends beyond production to enterprise development, market participation, and innovation, while presenting work-integrated learning as the pedagogical mechanism that converts classroom learning into applied competence through supervised practice, reflection, and assessable learning outcomes. The paper further contends that SDG 4’s emphasis on quality, relevance, and competence development for work and entrepreneurship legitimizes agripreneurship training as an education-quality strategy, rather than merely a labour-market intervention. The central contribution is a proposed pathway that clarifies core competency domains, outlines viable work-integrated learning structures across the agri-food value chain, and highlights institutional, stakeholder, inclusion, and quality-assurance responsibilities required for credible implementation in Bayelsa State. The paper therefore proposes a partnership-driven, competency-based design approach that education stakeholders can adapt to strengthen SDG 4–aligned learning outcomes through structured agripreneurship practice.

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Agripreneurship; competencies training; work-integrated learning; SDG 4; Bayelsa State; education quality; employability; entrepreneurship

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Matthew Witadu MICAH & Dr. Bumien Victor YABRIFA2 (2026). Agripreneurship Skills Training: A Pathway to Attainment of SDG 4 Through Work Integrated Learning in Bayelsa State.. SIAR-Global Journal of Literatures & Educational Review, Vol. 2, No. 1. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19053093

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