Taiga and Ameji Greener Journal of Agricultural Sciences Vol. 10(1), pp. 43-50, 2020 ISSN: 2276-7770 Copyright ©2020, the copyright of this article is retained by the author(s) https://gjournals.org/GJAS Agricultural Exports and its Impact on Economic Growth in Nigeria Taiga, Usio Uchechi 1*; Ameji, Negedu Enemona 2 *1 Department of Economics, Federal University of Lafia, Lafia, Nasarawa State. Email:usiotaiga@ gmail. com; Phone:+2348067023849 2 Department of Economics, Federal University Lokoja. Email:mona4life2006@ yahoo. com; Phone:+2348069603222 ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article No.: 01302015 Type: Research This study examined the impact and relationship between agricultural exports and economic growth in Nigeria for the period of 1981 to 2017. The study was guided by two research questions and objectives. The Ordinary Least Square (OLS) and Johansen Co-Integration test were employed for the hypotheses of the study. Results from the OLS regression model shows that agricultural exports had a positive and significant relationship on economic growth therefore, provides evidence that agricultural sector contributes significantly to GDP growth in Nigeria. The findings also show that at 5 per cent critical level agricultural export increases economic growth by 5 per cent. The Co-integration test result indicated that there exists a long run relationship among the variables. The contribution of agricultural exports of 5 per cent is however low. 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