Thank you for the opportunity to share and shape the future of farming.
First of all, I would recommend that youths are engaged in policly formulation. and in program design to develop the content and make young people own the process by engaging them in the consultation and dialogue process.
There is a rising young population, and it is a valuabel wealth of resources in skills, strenght, and ability to help in Agricultural production. Young people are still tender and can be shaped into what is required especially with great interest. Interest can be generated once farming is made more inviting and more engaging for the youths.
Growing up, my parents made farming so interesting and enjoyable, that we were looking forward to going to the farm, despite the peasant nature of production. Farming for us was a learning process and a way of life. You enjoy the fruits of your labour. We produced from backyard garderns for vegetables, to major crops in the farms, there is this excitment when its harvest season as we bring home the food crops, or have meats from the animals we keep.
Engaging the youth in the Agricultural value chain has the potential to increase the qunatity and quality of Agricultral produce. Young people have the strenght to manage food processing until it reaches the final consumers. They are often neglected and used for political reasons or to push the agendas of local politicians, by uing youths for political assignments. But when it comes to farming, fewer youths are engaged because also, they seem to enjoy the luxury of local politics.
People in rural communities should be provided basic social services that people in urban areas have, and going to urban cities would be less inviting for young people. The challenge with engaging youths in Agricultural production in rural places is the lack of skills to convert local production to wealth, and also the lack of market to make good returns from their produce. I would strongly recommend capacity building initiatives that is designed specifically for youths in rural places, and empower youths with tools and resources needed to improve production, which has the great potential to increase production, put more money in their pockects and make them more employable.
Thank you for the opportunity to share and shape the future of farming.
First of all, I would recommend that youths are engaged in policly formulation. and in program design to develop the content and make young people own the process by engaging them in the consultation and dialogue process.
There is a rising young population, and it is a valuabel wealth of resources in skills, strenght, and ability to help in Agricultural production. Young people are still tender and can be shaped into what is required especially with great interest. Interest can be generated once farming is made more inviting and more engaging for the youths.
Growing up, my parents made farming so interesting and enjoyable, that we were looking forward to going to the farm, despite the peasant nature of production. Farming for us was a learning process and a way of life. You enjoy the fruits of your labour. We produced from backyard garderns for vegetables, to major crops in the farms, there is this excitment when its harvest season as we bring home the food crops, or have meats from the animals we keep.
Engaging the youth in the Agricultural value chain has the potential to increase the qunatity and quality of Agricultral produce. Young people have the strenght to manage food processing until it reaches the final consumers. They are often neglected and used for political reasons or to push the agendas of local politicians, by uing youths for political assignments. But when it comes to farming, fewer youths are engaged because also, they seem to enjoy the luxury of local politics.
People in rural communities should be provided basic social services that people in urban areas have, and going to urban cities would be less inviting for young people. The challenge with engaging youths in Agricultural production in rural places is the lack of skills to convert local production to wealth, and also the lack of market to make good returns from their produce. I would strongly recommend capacity building initiatives that is designed specifically for youths in rural places, and empower youths with tools and resources needed to improve production, which has the great potential to increase production, put more money in their pockects and make them more employable.