This study identified the skills required by agricultural education students of Universities in tomato value chain for job creation and income generation in Northeast Nigeria. The purpose of the study was to identify skills required for in tomato value chain for job creation and income generation in Northeast Nigeria. The study had three specific objectives, three research questions and three null hypotheses. Descriptive survey research design was employed for the study to examine the views and experiences of respondents in their natural setting. The population for the study was 750 Agricultural Education Students in the study area. A sample size of 261 respondents was used out of the target population. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to draw the sample size. The required data were collected by the researcher with the help of 3 research assistants. Structured questionnaire was used to collect the data which comprised of 68-skill item grouped into seven sections sson four point rating scale. The instrument was duly validated both in face and content validity by three experts, one from Vocational and Technology Education Department, the other from Measurement and Evaluation Unit of Educational Foundations Department Faculty of Education and the other from Agronomy Department, Faculty of Agriculture all of Taraba State University, Jalingo. The instrument was trial tested at Gabriel Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi. A reliability index of 0.78 using Cronbach alpha was established. Skill gap analysis was used to analyze the research questions that guided the study, while, independent t-test statistics was used to test the three null hypotheses raised at 95% confidence level using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 20. The result indicated that 8 skill items out of 23 skill items were required by the students in tomato value chain to improve tomato value chain activities in the study area. Also, the study found no significant difference between the male and female students’ ratings of the required skills for tomato value chain in the study area. Based on these results, it was recommended that the identified skills required by the students in the study area should be developed into modules skill acquisition centres of universities and agricultural development programmes to train students and youths to enhance tomato value chain. Also, Ministries of education should use the findings of this study as a base to organize seminars, conferences and workshops for re-training of teachers/Lecturers in Agriculture