I am delighted for having opporttunity to discuss on this platform in order to discuss issues related to agriculture and food production.
My contribution is about this question:
What are the biggest challenges youth in Africa face after going through youth-specific capacity development initiatives in agriculture?
The biggest challenges youth in Africa especially in Kano Nigeria are facing after going through capacity development especially on animal production are as follows:
1. Lack of interest in agriculture by the youth especially urban dwellers:
Most of the youth that are enrolled into this entrepreneurship lack interest in animal rearing and production. Threrefore, after the training they cannot put it into practice.
2. Lack practical skills from the youth: Most of capacities for youth empowerment take few weeks, therefore, the participants are graduated without basic skills, therefore when they were empowered with takeup grants they will not engange on the bussiness rather than to sell out the inputs.
3. Lack of good markets for the commodities: Market is the key factor to animal production. After capacities majority of the youth cannot continue with their production due to improper marketing channels, sometimes they prepare to sell the produce on lost or credit.
Dr. Garba Saleh