Post on 07-May-2015
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ARDYIS Project:Promoting opportunities for youth
in agriculture and ICTs
Ken LohentoICT4D Programme Coordinator
CTA
Wageningen, Nov 2012
CTA’s ICT4RD ProgrammePromoting and supporting use of innovative ICT tools and approaches
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Multistakeholder Policy debate
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Objectives Strengthen capacities on ICTs for ARD Contribute to sensitising on Agriculture and RD issues
Target audience young farmers students in agricultural training courses Youth interested in ICT for ARD
Advisory Committee/ Partners
Yam PukriSPCCAFAN
ARDYIS -- Launched in May 2010
Promoting opportunities for youth in agriculture and ICTs
Rationale
• Agriculture offer employment opportunities for youths.
• ICTs help to reach and promote agriculture to youth, contributing to reducing the ageing agricultural population
• ICTs offer new marketing tools to enhance more than in the past (youth-led) agricultural businesses;
• Youth spearhead ICT innovations that enhance Agriculture and Youth ICT specialists can enhance agriculture with their innovations (mobile applications (mAgri), market information systems, etc).
• ICT help to improve livelihoods in rural areas which faces rural exodus
ARDYISPromoting
opportunties for youth in
agriculture and ICTs
• Networking - Dissemination of information: (opportunities, etc.) and discussions
• website, dedicated mailing lists 890 followers on Facebook
• Training
Some activities….
Ghana, 2010 Facilitate youth participation in Ag and ICT conferences & projects (IAALD, water management, FANRPAN projects, CTA 2012 Value chain conference etc.)
Advocacy document calling for stronger support for youth
involvement in agriculture and ICT
Some activities….
Consultation on youth, ICT-based entrepreneurship in agriculture,
Addis Abeba, NEPAD collaboration, May 2012
Publication featuring succesful youths
Some activities….
• About 3000 public votes and comments for Yobloco Awards
• Institutional and individuals blogs awarded
Strengthening rural youth employment opportunities in agriculture and ICTs in Southern Africa (SOFIA project)
• 3 year project, facilitated by ARDYIS /Southern Africa region• Targets: main young farmer groups, youth training centres in
rural areas • Case studies on youth entrepreneurship activities involving ICT
and agriculture• Training on ICT and agri-marketting; Free software business
models, business management• Monitoring of ICT use by farmer groups• Policy discussion on ICTs• Etc.
Thank you
http://ardyis.cta.int
http://www.facebook.com/ardyis
lohento@cta.int