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Winners of the 2016 Pitch AgriHack contest announced!

Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:19:37 +0000

Pitch AgriHack, which aims to accelerate youth-led e-agriculture entrepreneurship for improved livelihoods and food security, unveiled the winners of the 2016 pitching event. The announcement was made during an award ceremony in Nairobi, Kenya, on 24 November 2016. The competition was hotly contested with 25 finalists, selected out of 152 e-agriculture startups from across Africa and the Caribbean. Before the announcement of winners, finalists benefited from a training boot camp on 22 November at Ihub Nairobi, focused on offering successful business services in e-agriculture. The finalists were also coached on how to pitch effectively. On 23 November, they presented their services publicly before a jury and an audience composed of agriculture and ICT experts and institutions, including venture capitals.

The panel of judges consisted of McKenzie Slaughter, from Prohaus VC (venture capital firm, United States); Niraj Varia, from Novastar Ventures (venture catalyst firm, East Africa), Hervé Pillaud, from the Vendée Chamber of Agriculture (France) and Agreenstartup (agriculture startup competition); Jermaine Henry, from Devlabs (venture capital firm, Americas), Ralph von Kaufmann, from Hakika Ltd (UK), and Peris Bosire from FarmDrive (startup, Kenya).

Pitch AgriHack 2016 was organised by CTA in collaboration with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the support of partners including the Centre for Agricultural Bioscience International (CABI) and mLab East Africa.

Grants to enhance and scale up services offered to farmers

Four startups were selected as official winners: three in the early stage category and one in the advanced stage category

Read more on CTA's corporate website

Call for Social Reporters - Blending Finance for Agriculture Conference

Tue, 20 Sep 2016 21:38:56 +0000

The Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA), in collaboration with several other organisations involved in innovative agricultural financing, is organising the Blending for Agriculture (Blending4Ag) conference, from 7 – 8 November 2016 in Brussels, Belgium.

On this occasion, CTA is organising a social reporting activity.

Specific objectives
The specific objectives of Social Reporting project are to:

Raise awareness before, during and after the Blending for Agriculture conference on the topics/sessions of the conference through a strong online presence and promotion;
Enable direct and indirect stakeholders who are not physically present at the event to be updated on the conference sessions and as much as possible engage them in discussions;
Feedback online buzz from the audience to the conference organisers / facilitators by bringing the conversation to the sessions;
Strengthen the knowledge and networking of youth and their organisations in the area of agribusiness and finance, as well as in social media reporting.

This call is launched for onsite social reporters only. However, young social media enthusiasts interested in contributing remotely to the reporting on the event can indicate their interest to join the online team.

Highly committed members of the remote social reporters’ team will receive e-certificates at the end of the event.

Social reporting for the Blending for Agriculture conference is a voluntary task.

Selection criteria

Be between 18 and 30 years of age;
Have good agricultural finance or agribusiness background;
Proven skills in the use of social media for reporting;
Be competent in the use of French or English language;
Be a good communicator and commit to contribute actively to the Social Reporting activity.
Be a national of an African, a Caribbean or a Pacific country; young professionals nationals of the European Union and interested in issues relating to African, Caribbean or Pacific agriculture will be considered; the application of candidates based in Europe will receive a particular attention)

Priority will be given to female candidates.

How to Apply/Deadline
All persons interested in being part of the onsite social reporting team should fill out this form https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Blending4Ag-social-reporting by 28 September, 2016.

Inscription en français: aller ici http://bit.ly/blending4Ag-fr

Young social media enthusiasts interested in contributing remotely to the reporting on the event can indicate interest to join the online team (send a mail to ardyis-project@cta.int, with "Blending4Ag Remote social reporting” as subject line). Highly committed members of the remote social reporters’ team will receive e-certificates after the event.

Contact
The social reporting is managed by the ARDYIS Project of CTA. Further information or clarification can be directed by email to the ARDYIS project team at ardyis-project@cta.int with “Blending4Ag Social Reporting” as subject line.

About the event
Blending for Agriculture is a new strategy that permits public funds to be leveraged for unlocking private finance for farmers. The event, organised in collaboration with several of the leading organizations in this domain, will accommodate decision-makers from international development organizations, commercial banks, foundations, investment funds, microfinance institutions, central banks, agri-value chain stakeholders and farmers' organizations.

Call for Social Reporters - Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2016 (CWA2016)

Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:13:42 +0000

In the framework of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2016 (CWA2016), the Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA) through the Intra-ACP Agricultural Policy Programme (Intra-ACP APP) will be organising an onsite social reporting activity. The event will be held from 24th to 28th October 2016 in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.

Specific objectives
The specific objectives of the Social Reporting project are to:

Raise awareness during and after the Caribbean Week of Agriculture on the topics/sessions of the conference through a strong online presence and promotion;
Enable direct and indirect stakeholders who are not physically present at the event to be updated on the conference sessions and as much as possible engage them in discussions;
Use social media as an advocacy tool and share discussions (challenges and recommendations) from the sessions;
Strengthen the knowledge and networking of youth and their organisations in the area of agricultural science, technology and innovation, as well as in social media reporting;
Contribute to improving the development of youth in agriculture in the Caribbean and Pacific regions.

CTA’s involvement will be in the framework of its support for the capacity development of youth in agriculture. This is in line with the overall core objectives of the Intra-ACP APP in contributing to capacity building of youth across Caribbean and Pacific region.

The social reporting team is composed of 3 sub-teams; the coordinating team, on-site social reporters and online social reporters. This call is launched for onsite social reporters only, and is ONLY opened to those from the Caribbean and Pacific regions.

However, young social media enthusiasts interested in contributing remotely to the reporting on the event can indicate their interest to join the online team (send an e-mail to ardyis-project@cta.int).

Highly committed members of the remote social reporters’ team will receive e-certificates at the end of the event.

Social reporting for the Caribbean Week of Agriculture is a voluntary task.

Selection criteria
•    Be between 18 and 35 years of age;
•    Be a national of a Caribbean or Pacific country;
•    Be involved or strongly interested in agriculture or related fields;
•    Proven basic skills in the use of social media for reporting;
•    Be competent in the use of French or English language;
•    Be a good communicator and commit to contribute actively to the Social Reporting activity.

How to Apply/Deadline
All persons interested in being part of the onsite social reporting team should fill out this form https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CWA2016-social-reporting by 31 August, 2016.

Interested social reporters will be informed of their selection and about the modalities of joining the social reporting team onsite.

Contact
This activity is coordinated by CTA (through the ARDYIS Project). Further information or clarification can be directed by email to the ARDYIS project team at ardyis-project@cta.int with “Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2016 Social Reporting” as subject line.

About the event
The Government of Cayman Islands in collaboration with the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) Secretariat and other partners, including the Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA), is organising the 2016 Caribbean Week of Agriculture, from 24 – 28 October 2016 in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.

This is an annual event that brings together key decision-makers and stakeholders from the public and private sectors that are active in the Caribbean agricultural development space. It provides a yearly platform for these stakeholders to acknowledge the importance of agriculture to the economic, social and environmental stability of the region, while also giving them the opportunity to dialogue and establish a common purpose towards repositioning agriculture and enhancing rural life.

The theme for this year’s event is “Investing in Food & Agriculture”.

Call for submission of articles

Wed, 22 Jun 2016 15:40:37 +0000

ICT Update magazine is looking for articles for the forthcoming issue, which will focus on ICT entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector (or e-agriculture entrepreneurship), especially by young entrepreneurs.

CTA is interested in articles that explore and present case studies on ICT for agriculture entrepreneurship, especially led by young entrepreneurs (below 40 years of age). More specifically, they are interested in articles dealing with:

the opportunities and challenges that occur in e-agriculture entrepreneurship,
the nature and market of that kind of entrepreneurship, opportunities for youth employment,
the impacts of ICT entrepreneurship on agricultural development, and the implementation of profitable business models.
Other relevant topics include funding and investments issues, women entrepreneurs, tips for e-agriculture entrepreneurs for collaboration with telecom operators, etc.

For more information see the link: http://bit.ly/28Ptpcg

Social Reporting at the 7th Africa Agriculture Science Week (AASW7)

Tue, 07 Jun 2016 13:25:24 +0000

FARA and CTA, in collaboration with YPARD and GFAR, are organising a social reporting activity in the framework of the FARA 7th Africa Agriculture Science Week (AASW7) from 13 – 16 June 2016 in Kigali, Rwanda. To promote the event, its sessions, key messages and outcomes, about two hundred young social reporters (onsite and remote reporters) have been selected to cover the event.

For CTA, social reporting is a means to support capacity building and networking for youth in agriculture, apart from contributing to promote knowledge sharing on agricultural development challenges and opportunities. Therefore, CTA is supporting 8 young social reporters from across Africa (active in the CTA ARDYIS network) to join their Rwandan colleagues (from YPARD) for the social reporting.

The activity includes a day training session on the effective use of social reporting tools for selected onsite social reporters, followed by 4 days of using those skills for active social reporting, engaging conference participants and contributing to the overall outreach of the outcomes the science week. They will be supported by the online team, via social media, to amplify and increase the reach of the communication content that will generated onsite.

Pre-Conference e-Discussions

In addition, an e-discussion is organised by CTA around the themes of the science week to kick-start the engagement and to update social reporters and improve their understanding on some of the important issues that are linked to the themes of the conference. The e-discussion will hold from 06 – 11 June 2016, and is themed: “Youth and agriculture sciences in Africa”.

Specifically, the e-discussion is focusing on 3 themes of the conference (out of the total 5), while encouraging the discussants to respond to specific questions that are related to the themes. These themes are:

Theme 1: Institutional systems and policies for making science work for African agriculture

Theme 2: Sustainable financing of Science, Technology and Innovation for African agriculture

Theme 3: Human capital development and the Youth

The e-discussion is facilitated by eight volunteers (4 French; 4 English) from the social reporting group – which is another means of actively providing the space for young people to build their capacity – with the support of CTA, FARA, GFAR and YPARD. These facilitators will guide the discussions and summarise the key issues and points raised daily. At the end of the e-discussions, a mini-report based on youth’s perspectives on the themes of the science week will be put together.

The activity is implemented at CTA through the Agriculture Rural Development and Youth in the Information Society (ARDYIS) project. Both onsite and best remote social reporters will receive certificates of participation at the end of the event.

For more information on the FARA Africa Agriculture Science Week see: http://faraafrica.org/aasw7/
Follow the hashtag #AASW7 on Twitter and Facebook to stay informed on the activities of the science week.
Follow FARA Blog and CTA Blog for conference reports from the social reporter
Follow CTA – ARDYIS on Twitter: @ardyis_cta for live tweets

Call for Online Social Reporters - 7th Africa Agriculture Science Week (AASW7)

Thu, 26 May 2016 14:15:39 +0000

NB: Message pour les francophones: Les jeunes francophones intéressés peuvent également prendre part à cette activité et envoyer leurs contributions en français.

In the framework of the 7th Africa Agriculture Science Week (AASW7), the Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA) and the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), in collaboration with YPARD, will be organising a social reporting activity. The event will be held from 13th to 16th June 2016 in Kigali, Rwanda.

Specific objectives
The specific objectives of Social Reporting project are to:
•    Raise awareness mainly during and after the Africa Agriculture Science Week on the topics/sessions of the conference through a strong online presence and promotion;
•    Enable direct and indirect stakeholders who are not physically present at the event to be updated on the conference sessions and as much as possible engage them in discussions;
•    Use social media as an advocacy tool and share discussions (challenges and recommendations) from the sessions;
•    Strengthen the knowledge and networking of youth and their organisations in the area of agricultural science, technology and innovation, as well as in social media reporting;
•    Contribute to improving the development of youth in agriculture in Africa.

CTA’s involvement will be in the framework of its ARDYIS project, which focuses on improving the development and building the capacity of youth in agriculture.

The social reporting team is composed of 2 sub-teams; on-site social reporters and online social reporters. This call is launched only for online social reporters.

Online social reporters
Young social media enthusiasts interested in contributing remotely to the reporting on the event can join the social reporting team that will participate on site.

Social reporting for the Africa Agriculture Science Week is a voluntary task.

Selection criteria
•    Being aged between 15 and 35 years
•    Be a National of ACP (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific) or EU (European Union) countries;
•    Be involved or strongly interested in agriculture or related fields;
•    Proven basic skills in the use of social media for reporting;
•    Be competent in the use of French or English language;
•    Be a good communicator and commit to contribute actively to the Social Reporting activity

Benefits and value for online social reporters
•    Being part of the team will provide various networking opportunities.
•    Highly committed members of the remote social reporters’ team will receive e-certificates at the end of the event.

How to Apply/Deadline
All persons interested in being part of the online/remote social reporting team have to fill out this form https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AASW-social-reporting by 3 June, 2016.

Interested remote reporters will be informed of their selection and about the modalities to contribute to the social reporting team remotely.

Contact
This activity is coordinated by CTA (through the ARDYIS Project) and FARA. Further information or clarification can be directed by email to the ARDYIS project team at ardyis-project@cta.int with “Africa Agriculture Science Week 2016 Social Reporting” as subject line.

About the event
The Africa Agriculture Science Week (AASW) is an event that is organised every three years by the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and its partners. The 7th AASW will be holding from 13th – 16th June 2016 in Kigali, Rwanda. The overall objective is to create a space for all stakeholders involved in African agricultural science, technology and innovation (STI) space to reflect on achievements and come up with strategies and actions directed at enhancing the contribution of agricultural STI towards facilitating Africa’s economic and social transformation.

Thus, the event will welcome agricultural stakeholders from all around Africa and others participants with interest in African agricultural STI. The overall theme is “Apply Science, Impact Livelihoods” organised around five key sub-themes, which are: institutional systems and policies for making science work for African agriculture; sustainable productivity growth, value chains and profitable agribusinesses; human capital development and the Youth; sustainable financing of Science, Technology and Innovation for African agriculture; and megatrends in African Agriculture.

WSIS 2016 Session: Accelerating ICT for Agriculture Entrepreneurship to Promote Youth Livelihoods

Wed, 04 May 2016 10:40:20 +0000

An increasing number of young innovators and entrepreneurs in developing countries now develop ICT for agriculture solutions to strengthen agri-food systems in their respective countries, and to provide employment and livelihood opportunities for themselves and other young people.

However, young entrepreneurs still face several challenges such as insufficient capacity in e-agriculture entrepreneurship, non-existent or weak linkages with investors, weak knowledge of the agriculture sector, etc. The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) has been supporting a number of initiatives relating to these issues such as the AgriHack Talent program hackathon.ict4ag.org of the Agriculture, Rural Development and Youth in the Information Society (ARDYIS) Project which won the 2015 WSIS Forum Prize (e-agriculture category).

Within this framework, tomorrow (5 May, 2016), CTA will be hosting a session on "Accelerating ICT for Agriculture Entrepreneurship to Promote Youth Livelihoods and Sustainable Development", in collaboration with ITU, at the World Summit on the Information Society Forum (‪WSIS) in Geneva, Switzerland. The session willl involve young agtech entrepreneurs from various countries, international business and government experts. At the session, some young ICT entrepreneurs spotlighted in the CTA's recent Innovate for Agriculture publication (Innovate for Agriculture) will be discussing how this emerging form of entrepreneurship can be further developed and supported, as an avenue to develop youth employment opportunities, innovations in the agri-food sector, and ensure food security. Time is 15 - 16.30 (CET).

For more details, see the link: http://bit.ly/1T0TMOJ

Innovate for Agriculture (Report)

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 13:45:49 +0000

Increasing agricultural productivity in developing countries and promoting youth employment and entrepreneurship are important recommendations of the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations in 2015. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) play an important role. Young entrepreneurs using ICT innovations are particularly suited to contribute to increased agricultural productivity and sustainability given their inventiveness, energy and capacity to take risks.

An increasing number of young innovative entrepreneurs in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries are developing ICTs for agriculture solutions to support agricultural value chains, providing employment and livelihood opportunities.

To highlight ACP entrepreneurs’ important contribution and to emphasise the need for strengthening their endeavours, CTA, in collaboration with Ashoka's Youth Venture, has produced the publication Innovate for Agriculture.

The report introduces 30 innovators, 21 featured with full stories, and nine ‘innovators to watch’. Case studies include innovations from Barbados, Botswana, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Jamaica, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda. A couple of innovators who come from outside ACP but offer services in these regions are also featured. The publication is a collection of life stories of interest to aspiring agri-tech entrepreneurs from all countries.

Featured innovations include: how the innovation came about; what problems it addresses; how the innovations are implemented; impacts so far; the business model; challenges faced; strategies to address sustainability; and, the future outlook. The report also includes entrepreneurs’ own recommendations and advice to other young people interested in venturing into ICT innovation and entrepreneurship in agriculture.

According to Michael Hailu, Director of CTA, “The young innovators featured in this publication are role models who can inspire others and encourage them to innovate for agriculture. Their stories are a testimony of how young people are already contributing to transforming agricultural value chains through their innovations.”

The innovations featured fall into various segments along the agricultural value chain. While the first part of the publication focuses on services helping to improve livestock and crop production (e.g. HelloTractor, Daral Technologies), subsequent parts concentrate on those facilitating access to finance (e.g. Ensibuuko and FarmDrive) and those strengthening trade, markets and consumption (e.g. Foodrings, D'MarketMovers).

As Reem Rahman from Ashoka, one of report writers, observes, "The innovators featured in this report demonstrate the power of opening the door to youth leadership. They confirm that we currently have a powerful generation of changemakers transforming the world -- from agricultural value chains and beyond."

Innovate for Agriculture presents a multi-dimensional picture of the evolving field of ICT entrepreneurship in agriculture in developing countries. It describes challenges but also successes already achieved. It is hoped that this publication will serve as a key reference for young people and stakeholders seeking to invest in agriculture and ICTs in the ACP region.

The report is produced as part of CTA’s Agriculture, Rural Development and Youth in the Information Society (ARDYIS) project, which supports youth innovations and entrepreneurship in ICTs and agriculture. Most innovators included in the publication have benefited from CTA support and participated in its activities.
Resources

Download your copy of the report at http://bit.ly/innovate-agriculture
Follow @ctaflash and @ardyis_cta on Twitter.
For more information on these topics, read our reports ICTs and Youth in Agriculture and Innovative and Inclusive Finance for Youth in Agriculture in Africa.

Hot topics at YALESI 2016: Youth, entrepreneurship and innovation in agriculture

Thu, 24 Mar 2016 16:24:50 +0000

Agribusiness and entrepreneurship are two critical areas which have a strong potential to increase employment opportunities for youth and to boost economies in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries. Similarly, the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) is modernising the agricultural sector and providing more opportunities for youth. In particular, young farmers who apply ICT tools and skills to their farming businesses generally have higher yields, incomes and social status.

How can these trends be sustained? What inclusive employment strategies can effectively be put in place? How can we bring more youth into agricultural entrepreneurship? These and other questions prioritising young people's needs will be debated at the upcoming Youth Agribusiness, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship Summit on Innovation (YALESI), set to take place in Dakar, Senegal, from 29 until 31 March 2016.

The goal of this biannual Summit organised by the Global Youth Innovation Network (GYIN), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Senegalese government and the Arizona State University (ASU), is to build the capacity of youth to fight hunger, create jobs and develop sustainable communities.

As a sponsor and partner of the Summit, CTA will conduct a number of activities.

On the first day of the event, CTA will launch its new publication Innovate for Agriculture: Young ICT Entrepreneurs Overcoming Challenges and Transforming Agriculture. The book, produced in collaboration with Ashoka Youth Venture, features 30 ICT for agriculture services by 30 innovators from African, Caribbean and Pacific countries. These innovations cover key value chains segments: production, access to market, access to finance and consumption. The 90-minute launch workshop will feature some of the young innovators whose stories appear in the publication.
Where and when: Workshop – Breakout Room 1 - 29 March, 14:30–16:00.
Learn more.

The following day, the Senegalese Yeesal Agri Hub, in collaboration with CTA, will organise a workshop on How to launch an Agri Tech Hub and boost agriculture entrepreneurship. The session will focus on sharing the Yeesal Agri Hub experience in Senegal and all the activities and steps necessary to create an agricultural tech hub.
Where and when: Workshop – 30 March, 11:15–12:45.
Learn more.

On the same day, a CTA session titled Accelerating ICT innovations and entrepreneurship in agriculture by youth: What roles for supporting institutions? will explore how key institutions can effectively support e-agriculture innovators in developing countries. A draw will be held and winners will receive hard copies of the Innovate for Agriculture publication.
Where and When: Salle Flamboyant - 30 March, 14:30–16:00.
Learn more.

CTA is also sponsoring the attendance of 19 young innovators and entrepreneurs who are currently seeking to share experiences and network. Among them are participants of the Agrihack programme and beneficiaries of the green jobs grants provided by CTA in the framework of the International Francophone Forum on Youth FIJEV. CTA will be represented at the event by Ken Lohento, Programme Coordinator for Information and Communication Technologies.

Follow @ctaflash, @ardyis_cta at #YALESI2016 - Get involved in our #entrepreneurship and ICT4Ag activities at this event in Senegal.
For more information on these topics, read our reports ICTs and Youth in Agriculture and Innovative and Inclusive Finance for Youth in Agriculture in Africa.

About YALESI
YALESI will take place at the King Fahd Palace Hotel in Pointe des Almadies, Dakar, Senegal, from 29 until 31 March 2016.
Visit the event's website.

ICT and Youth in Agriculture in Africa (Report)

Wed, 17 Feb 2016 14:56:53 +0000

Within the framework of the 2015 Africa Agriculture Status Report developed by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) in collaboration with partners including CTA, which focused on Youth in agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa, CTA contributed a chapter on: "ICT and Youth in Agriculture" and "Innovative and Inclusive Finance for Youth in Agriculture" to the report. The objective of the chapter on “ICT and Youth in Agriculture” was to examine the role ICTs are playing in supporting youth engagement in agriculture in Africa, and to explore the current status, usages and emerging trends.

Furthermore, it attempted to highlight the key challenges and opportunities for Africa’s youth in agriculture and make recommendations to policy makers and other stakeholders on how to foster increased involvement of young people in agriculture.

While African youth have shown insufficient interest in agriculture, and their engagement have not been sufficiently supported, the emerging trend of applying ICT solutions to agriculture are attracting an increasing number of youth (back) to agriculture. These young people often bring their energy, creativity and tech-savviness to agriculture and are changing its landscape in Africa.

This is being done through various initiatives, such as better integrating ICTs in record keeping, promoting agriculture among other youth via social media platforms, creating virtual markets that help farmers/agripreneurs connect to markets more easily and get better prices, developing ICT applications for agricultural value chains. Youth are helping to advance new agricultural ICT-enabled practices, such as e-extension and precision agriculture. The inclusion of ICTs is gradually generating additional livelihood opportunities for them and strengthening their engagement with the sector.

Young people are, however, constrained by a host of factors, including the relatively high cost of access to ICTs, inadequate capacity, unreliable connectivity, weak (but improving) integration of ICTs into the agricultural value chains, and limited access to finance for their activities.

ICT uses analysed in this report build on the framework of engaging youth in agriculture through ICTs developed by the CTA ARDYIS project.

Examples of initiatives analysed include those implemented by stakeholders such as IICD, YPARD, IFAD, the Rwandan Ministry of Youth and ICTs (MYICT), Agri-ProFocus.

Key recommendations include:

Facilitate affordable access to ICTs for young farmers
Support ICT for agricultural research, innovation and youth entrepreneurship
Develop digital literacy programs for young farmers and agripreneurs
Strengthen ICT incorporation into agricultural curricula
Support the sharing of success stories on ICT and youth in agriculture

Authors also recommend that increasing ICT use and equipment in agricultural institutions, as well as promoting the development and implementation of sound e-agriculture strategies. This will better develop youth uses and innovations and benefit all stakeholders.

Authors of the Chapter: Ken Lohento and Oluwabunmi Ajilore.

Download the chapter here http://bit.ly/youth-ICT-Agri-report.