This paper examined the impact of youth empowerment in agriculture programme for graduates in South-West Nigeria. The study states purposely selected for the study were Ondo, Ogun, Lagos, Oyo, Osun and Ekiti. The research design for the study was descriptive survey. Fifty participants of Youth in Agriculture Programme were randomly selected from each state making up a total of three hundred participants. The result of the descriptive statistics showed that the youth empowerment on agricultural programme have positive effect on graduate youths in resolving humanitarian disasters, strengthens and stimulates stakeholders participation in agriculture, engage youths in agricultural businesses, serve as better alternative to white collar jobs, solve food insecurity, guarantee professional competence in agriculture, settle hostility in agricultural sector, guarantee adequate supply of farm inputs and equipment to farmers and engender spirit of hard work in the youths. It is recommended that more graduate youths should be targeted in concrete terms in the agricultural policy framework to replace ageing farmers with educated youths who are energetic, young and vibrant. It is also recommended that evolving plans and actions should be put in place to establish farm settlements to attract the graduate youths into farming practices. It is further recommended that critical stakeholders should provide workable logistics to transform agricultural sector for economic growth and empowerment.

Keywords: Youth, Empowerment, Agriculture, Programme, Graduates.