The Startup Weekend, an african event that promotes innovation via ICTs, will be in Dakar, Sénégal from March 30th to Apr. 1rst with the theme "Innover pour les industries culturelles et agricoles du Sénégal".
Startup Weekend est un évènement de 54 heures intenses qui se focalise sur la création d’une application web ou mobile qui peut devenir une base credible pour une entreprise et cela en l’espace d’un week end. Le weekend favorise la rencontre de personnes de profils différents: principalement des développeurs informatiques, des designers web, des marketeurs et des commerciaux, en vue de créer des applications et de developper un modèle d’entreprise autour de ces applications.Les deux domaines du jour sont la culture et l'agriculture.
European young farmers are looking for ways to make food production more sustainable. As farmers of the future young farmers are part of the solution in providing the next generations with "climate friendly" food. NAJK and CEJA have gathered good practices, already used in European dairy and arable farms, that are aimed to reduce the impact of agriculture on climate change. The aim is to exchange information and share knowledge.
150 Ghanaian youths will be trained in Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) skills as part of a new work readiness programme implemented by Ghana’s IT-enables services secretariat (ITES). The programme was made possible by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation's Poverty Reduction through Information and Digital Employment (PRIDE) Initiative.
Across Africa youth (particularly boys and young men) are seen as a ‘lost generation’: frustrated, excluded and marginalised from decision-making processes. Contributors to this special issue demonstrate how this is changing. Young people in Africa are challenging the norms and structures that exclude them, engaging with the state and demanding accountability. This special issue describes how young people are exercising their right to participate and developing the knowledge, skills and confidence to affect to change. It explores methods of communication, appraisal, monitoring and research which are involving young people in decision-making spaces.
YPARD and e-Agriculture are collaborating to give a voice to youth involved in agriculture and ICTs through a special blog series that will be published in 6 June through 12 August (ending with the close of the International Year of Youth).
The purpose of ARDYIS is to raise youth awareness and capacity on agricultural and rural development issues in ACP countries through ICTs. More specifically, it will strengthen the capacities of the youth on ICTs for development issues, particularly in th
With the launch of the United Nations’ International Year of Youth on 12th August, CGIAR ICT-KM programme felt it was appropriate and timely to recognize the achievements of some of the youth working in agriculture around the world. Through a series of in
The CIDEFJ's vision is to set up structures able to assist women and young managers in their business project or in the development of their own business in Senegal.
Future Agricultures Hot Topics is meant as an online space for debates and discussions. Current Hot Topic: Young pêople and agriculture.
The guide, , is part of the Umsobomvu Youth Fund: Youth Inforamtion Kit publications. THe series was developed to provide young people with information on careeer development , employemnt entrepreneurship citizenship and health and wellbeing. The guide was compiled for the Development@Work / LINK Consortium.
Une dizaine de documents sur les jeunes du Pacific et leur rôle dans l'agriculture. Datant principalement de 2010 -2011.
Results from IFAD's ShareFair session 38 "Partnership with young farmers to promote collective action and entrepreneurship development". Photos and two blog posts on partnerships and investment in youth.
The International Movement of Catholic Agricultural Rural Youth is an international movement with member movements in four continents. Rural youth from 12 to 30 years commit themselves in these rural youth movements. MIJARC is an organisation of young people for young people with young people. The training organised by MIJARC accompanies the local initiatives of the rural youth like income generating projects in agriculture, cooperatives or micro-enterprises. Through the reflection of the movement, the rural youth interests are represented within society and the Church. MIJARC is recognized by the Vatican, has consultative status in UNESCO, FAO, ILO, ECOSOC and collaborates with the Conference of ICOs, CIDSE/Caritas International and IPC, the International Planification Commitee.
Marina Cherbonnier of YPARD blogs about agricultural on-line events as a mean to gather insights and enable dialogue between young farmers/entrepreneurs on matters such as soxcial media startegy, partnerships and promotion.
A presentation on on the potential for JFFLS as lever for youth employment in rural areas of the developing world.
The Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Division has developed the Junior Farmer Field and Life School (JFFLS) approach which is adapted to address the needs of vulnerable children and youth in rural areass by promoting farming.
The Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools (JFFLS) Facilitator’s Guide modules have been published in 2010 by the FAO.
DuPont and the global 4-H network will train African-based 4-H leaders and mentors about agricultural innovation and farming practices. They also will provide culturally relevant, research-based tools, expertise and resources that can be used at the local level.
Additionally, 4-H will expand its Enterprise Gardens program for school-based youth, their families and their communities to inspire young people to explore agriculture and see their role in feeding the world.
Several secondary schools and youth polytechnics in Kimilili constituency, Kenya have benefitted from a partnershipthat has enabled the institutions to acquire computers and learn information communication technology skills.
The purpose of the Youth in Agriculture strategy is to recommend actions and initiatives that all stakeholders can pursue to encourage the active engagement of youth in agriculture across the region. The Youth in Agriculture strategy was presented and launched at the Fourth Regional Meeting of Heads of Agriculture and Forestry Services (HOAFS) that was held early September, 2010 in the Fiji Islands. As part of the strategy development process, sessions on youth in agriculture were held at the Pacific Youth Festival in 2009 and field work was conducted in three countries (Fiji, Kiribati and Tonga) to inform the strategy recommendations.