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Facilitating youth’s access to rural activities Philippe REMY - 24 May 2012

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Facilitating youth’s access to

rural activities

Philippe REMY - 24 May 2012

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1 - Put more trust on young rural people

• Youth need more consideration and more trust must be put on them

• Do not try to fix them in villages, to force them to become farmers

• They must be part of the decisions on their own life • Help them to better dialogue with other generations

and to collectively reflect on their potential future at village level and on other opportunities

JFFLS

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2 - Help the Youth think broader• Intergenerational• the whole value-chain• Non-farm activities• Explore niche-markets • mobility• reduce rural / urban fracture • Pluri-activity• agent of change / environmental stewards to

promote sustainable agriculture

Ghana

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3 - Help the young build their own capacities

• youth education level still very low• training centres better adapted to their needs • revise curricula in a participatory manner • include education on agricultural production but also

on all the professional activities along the value chain

Songhai

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… and 4 - their collective strength

Youth organisations:• Relatively new phenomenon• Lack resources and experience• Lack visibility and network• Rather small (less than 200 members)• Usually informal/not registeredYouth within Farmer Organisations• Low involvement in decision-making, especially for

young women • Problematic transitional leadership

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What is needed?• human, technical and financial support to build and

strengthen their own organisations• youth sections within mixed FOs • Direct participation in policy dialogue• involvement in decision making processes from

design to implementation, monitoring and evaluation

case of Togo

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5 - Trust must go as far as finance.

• Develop youth savings services• Innovate youth adapted financial services• Combine training with financial support and

vice versa• Launch youth innovation funds with technical

and financial support

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As a conclusion…• Youth do not see a prosperous future in

agriculture and in rural areas if conditions remain as they are now

• but have the willingness and the capacity to create a new rural reality

• We have to keep in mind this positive message from young farmers and try our best to build on their recommendations to make their project become reality.

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Thank you for your attention!