Capacity building for youth in organic agriculture
-
Upload
technical-centre-for-agricultural-and-rural-cooperation-acp-eu-cta -
Category
Government & Nonprofit
-
view
180 -
download
2
Transcript of Capacity building for youth in organic agriculture
Capacitybuildingforyouthinorganicagriculture:
ThecaseofEkoBiz projectinSplit,Croatia
Zrinka Filipović DermitYPARDCroatia
AssociationofOrganicFarmersofDalmatia–DalmacijaEKO
Why?50%ofarablelandisunused
35%averageunemploymentrateinrural
areas
Depopulationofislandsandhinterland
*Objective=developmentofentrepreneurialculture
Motivation
StudytriptoItaly:bestpracticeexamples,conference,fair
*numberofgreat businessideas andnetworkamongparticipants
Education
15daysofdiverseeducativeprogram:
-agronomicaspectsoforganicproduction
-businessplanning
-developmentofprojectproposalsforEAFRDfunding
-globalmarketaspects(IFOAMOrganicsInternational)
*strenghtencapacityforalmost100youngpeople
Encouraging earlyentrepreneurialmindset„Projektoplovstvo”
10eco-elementaryschoolsandtheirpupilscooperatives=500
pupils
1highschool=50pupils
10kindergartens=300childrenandparents,10teachers