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The paper investigated the attitudes of youth towards the agricultural empowerment programme in Delta State, Nigeria. The paper examined the respondents’ educational backgrounds, farm size and other socioeconomic characteristics. The YAGEP recipients from 2015 down to 2018 were included in the research. The research included 441 YAGEP beneficiaries as a sample. Both descriptive & inferential statistics were introduced to address the research objectives. Men comprise 86.4% of the survey. Thirty was the average age of the respondents. 52.6% of respondents were single. 97% of the beneficiaries are Christians. From the survey, 55.3% of respondents had higher educational qualifications, such as a BSc or HND.