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This booklet takes a look at the life stories of 12 remarkable African agricultural scientists who are making a difference on the continent and internationally. Ten of them are the women and young researchers who were winners of the 3rd Africa wide science competitions. They are motivated to be part of the solution, and not the problem. Indeed, as researchers they are helping to transform agriculture by developing science-based solutions to some of the complex issues facing African farmers. Their journeys to becoming agricultural scientists are strikingly similar: most of them come from smallholder farms, and their flair for science was spotted and nurtured by their secondary school teachers.

To download the publication: check here knowledge.cta.int - Version française disponible

Le Centre technique de coopération agricole et rurale ACP-UE (CTA) organise un atelier stratégique sur la jeunesse du 14 au 16 novembre 2012 aux Pays-Bas. Environ 25 experts, jeunes talents ainsi que des membres du personnel du CTA y participeront.

Depuis 1997, la jeunesse a toujours été une problématique transversale d'intervention du CTA et son  nouveau plan stratégique 2011-2015 a réaffirmé cet engagement.