Agriculture’s importance to poverty reduction goes far beyond its direct impact on farmers’ incomes, however,
the economic steady and fast grow has not shown significant reduction of poverty. The challenges caused by
limited access to “opportunities” led to rural households operating in the small land for subsistence with very
slim profit that limits saving ability. This paper aimed at assessing agriculture’s wider role during economic
growth and its impact on poverty reduction. The study found that increase in population (household size in rural
area) and poor public services in rural exacerbating poverty and accelerate shifting from agriculture to nonagriculture
activities especially educated youth, thus, structural transformation. However, there is considerable
room for improvements in allocating available resources efficiently to ensure farmers benefit from the growth.
Enormous efforts have been myths to the smooth changes which call for serious attention to the planners to
review strategies, policies and programme.