Nexus between food sustainability, TVET and economic development in Nigeria

The global aim to achieve sustainable food, economic growth and development is desired by all stakeholders around the world. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between food sustainability, TVET and economic development. Using the Central Bank of Nigeria Data, Vector Autoregression was used to test the relationship among the series of yearly agricultural output and the technical service sector in Nigeria from 1982 to 2021. The Johansen Cointegration Test was used to test for convergence and long-term relations between agricultural industry and the technical service sector. The VAR shows that more than 98% variation in the Agricultural Output are explainable by variations in Technical Service Sector. The study recommended the need for the increase in the funding of TVET institutions, improvement in the quality of TVET training to include soft skills in order to meet the industrial requirements for the changing world of works and increased public – private partnership in order to transfer class training to the field.