Abstract
Scholars and professionals have recently called for the need to look at how value chains affect risk management in the agro-allied industry. Therefore, in response to this call for empiricism, the present study is conducted. In achieving this, the descriptive survey method was applied, inculcating Five (5) randomly selected Agro-allied firms in Enugu State, Nigeria as its study respondents. They include - Enugu San Carlos Farms Limited; Link-Chris Global & Agro Resource Nigeria Limited; Veggie-fresh Farms Enterprise; San Savannah Oil Limited; and Tropical Veterinary Consult Limited. The criteria in selecting the firms were on the basis which included their economic contributions to the state, number of years in service delivery, and product/produce viability. These criteria permit a valid generalization of the research findings. The Regression statistical tools of the statistical package for social sciences used in testing the hypotheses yielded the following results: r = 0.767; F = 62.720; t = 7.920; p = 0.05. These show that the agro-allied enterprises under study had more effective and substantial risk management as a result of the value chain network that was put in place. Thus the conclusion emphasizes that the value chain promotes and supports the risk management of agro-allied businesses as well as the region in which they operate economically.