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We, young women and men farmers, representing Farmers’ Organizations as well as Rural (Youth) Associations of Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean, gathered at IFAD Headquarters in Rome (Italy) on Saturday 18 February 2012 to prepare recommendations to be addressed to Farmers’ Organizations (FOs) representatives, to IFAD and to Governments during the 2012 Farmers’ Forum and IFAD Governing Council.

Le MIJARC, en partenariat avec le Fond International de Développement de l’Agriculture (FIDA) et l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’Alimentation et l’Agriculture (FAO), coordonne un processus global, impliquant les réseaux d'organisations paysannes au niveau national, régional et global, dont l'objectif est d'aider les jeunes ruraux à améliorer leurs conditions de vie grâce à une agriculture, ou une activité agricole génératrice de revenu.

 

Le projet comprend trois activités:

Vendredi 03 Février 2012 11:59

Innovation des jeunes à Apps4Africa

Eric Mutta, Tanzanie« L’innovation fonctionne bien pour les grandes entreprises, mais il n’est pas aussi simple pour un entrepreneur isolé d’obtenir de la reconnaissance », déclare Eric Mutta, un développeur de logiciels dont la dernière application lui a permis de remporter le concours Défi Climat organisé par Apps4Africa. Mais c’est au travers de l’innovation des jeunes que l’Afrique trouvera des solutions aux problèmes à long terme.

Près de 400 jeunes engagés, dont 300 jeunes nigériens et 100 jeunes francophones provenant d’une trentaine de pays, se sont rassemblés le 16 janvier 2012 de 10h à 12h au Palais des congrès de Niamey à l’occasion du lancement officiel du Forum international francophone « Jeunesse et emplois verts », qui se poursuivra jusqu’au 20 janvier prochain.

ICT UpdateNous avons le plaisir de porter à votre connaissance que le numéro de mars-avril 2012 du magazine ICT-Update portera sur les Tic et les jeunes.

A cet effet, le magazine ICT-Update souhaiterait publier les expériences d’acteurs travaillant sur des projets innovants qui encourage et impliquent les jeunes à utiliser les TIC (téléphones mobiles, ordinateurs, applications sur les Système d’‘information Géographique, mél, internet, radios, télévisons etc.) pour soutenir les pratiques agricoles.

I first heard about The Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) when I joined Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) as an information and Communications officer in 2008, through a project that CTA was funding known as “Enhancing Access to Agricultural Information” in Northern Uganda. I had earlier on read a couple of books published by CTA from NARO-Kawanda but I had never clearly understood what CTA’s mandate was.

Vendredi 18 Novembre 2011 13:20

Benin youth drives African innovation

Do you have an idea? Maybe to provide cheap electricity generators to the people in your town? Or have you invented a machine that would test the African soil and point farmers in the right direction on what crops to plant? If the idea is good and you are struggling to get the project off the ground, a group of young people from Benin might have the solution.

CTA NEPAD Essay and Photo Contest winnersIt is with great pleasure that the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Agency and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) announce the winners of the Photo and Essay competitions that have been organized to celebrate NEPAD’s 10th Anniversary. This competition also falls in the framework of CTA activities on youth, women and ICTs.

21 September 2011, Porto Novo, Benin. Seventy-one youths have completed a month-long training on various aspects of agricultural production at the Songhai Centre in Porto Novo, the political capital of Benin, as part of an ECOWAS capacity building programme to encourage and empower Community youth for self employment.

The training was organized by the Ouagadougou-based ECOWAS Youth and Sports Development Centre, in collaboration with the Songhai Centre, one of the regional centres of excellence recognized by ECOWAS for youth development.

Engaging the youth in future agricultural developments in Africa will take centre stage at Food, Agricultural and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) Annual Regional Food Security Policy Dialogue in Swaziland on 19-23 September 2011 (www.fanrpan.org).

“The time is now to ensure that the youth are part of decisions about the future of agriculture in Africa – they are after all the generation that will have to ensure that the continent’s growing population is fed,” says FANRPAN Chief Executive Officer Dr Lindiwe Majele Sibanda. ”It is the responsibility of current leaders in agriculture to ensure the involvement of the youth in development– and that is what we plan to do.”

 

Focus

ICT and Youth in Agriculture in Africa (Report)