What is the IITA Youth Agripreneur initiative and what possible global interfaces are there?
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What is the IITA YouthAgripreneur initiative and what
possible global interfaces arethere?
Ylva Hillbur/Evelyn OhanwusiSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
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International Instituteof Tropical Agriculture
• CGIAR centre
• Regional hubs
• Research themes– Genetic improvement and biotech
– Natural resource management
– Social science and agribusiness
– Plant production and plant health
• 1500 employees
• 140M USD/yr, 150 projects
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cassava soybean yamcowpea maize banana
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IITA YOUTH AGRIPRENEURS (IYA)
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Start 2012 (IFAD*-funded pilot)
30 National Youth Service Corps
BSc holders (different disciplines) -> unemployment
Gender-balanced team*International Fund for Agricultural Development
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Objectives
Mindset change – Agriculture as livelihood/business opportunity
Capacity development – Agripreneurial training across the value chain
Advocacy for youth in agriculture
Learning by doing…
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Nigeria
DR Congo
Zambia
Tanzania
Kenya
Uganda
Malawi
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IYA groups 2017
385 members
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• Capacity building and business incubation activities
across all locations
• Production and value addition
• Advocacy and resource mobilization for expansion
of youth in agribusiness activities
Activities
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Agripreneur Group (Country)
Membership(number)
Comments and agribusiness enterprises
IYA Ibadan and outreach (Nigeria)
70 6 groups in total: a main group, 2 incubation group, 3 outreach groups inImo, Kano and Onne. Works closely with IITA BIP. Seed, field crop, vegetableand fish production; fish hatchery; value added snack products; poultry,others. Includes contract farming
Abuja Agripreneurs(Nigeria)
35 Operates from IITA Abuja. Seed, field crop and vegetable production; fishfarming and processing
Borno Agripreneurs (Nigeria)
130 A youth network approach supported through N2Africa. Grain trading;groundnut processing; training services
ITYA (Tanzania)
18 Operates from IITA Dar Salaam. Field crop production and soymilkmanufacture
IKYA (DR Congo)
27 Operates from IITA Kalambo. Field crop, vegetable and fish production; fishfeed manufacture; bakery and training services
Kisangani Agripreneurs (DR Congo)
35 Cassava production and processing
Kinshasa Agripreneurs (DR Congo)
30 Operates from IITA Kinshasa. Mushroom production, bakery and value addedsnacks. Liaison with Bukongo Lonzo Agricultural Park
Kibwezi Hortipreneurs(Kenya)
10 Operates from the University of Nairobi Dryland Research Station.Greenhouse vegetable production; fish farming and feed manufacture;sweet potato crisp manufacture and marketing; training services
UYA (Uganda) 15 Vegetable production, web-based marketing
ZIYA (Zambia) 15 Maize and vegetable production
Total of 15 groups 385 members
36 enterprises and services in six countries
Activities
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training of other youths Weighing sampled cassava tubers
Value added cassava to garri
Activities
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Hello Tractor (USAID)
• 100 participants
• Oyo, Abuja & Kano
• 3 smart tractors/youth
Resource mobilization
CHEVRON
• 120 participants
• Niger-Delta
• Cassava, fish & plantain
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BM Gates Foundation
• 130 participants
• 50% start-ups established
• Enterprises (maize, soybean,
groundnut), fabrication and
spray services
Borno state training program
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• Master Card Foundation/Michigan State University
• IITA, Venture Garden group, Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Sokoine University
• Participants aged 18-24
• >10 000 in Nigeria and >6000 in Tanzania
• Strong engagement with private sector
• Operational in major food producing regions
• Horticulture, aquaculture, poultry, cassava and oilseeds sector
Ag Youth Lab
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Conference 2014Jointly organized by AfDB/IITA
Empowering Novel Agri-Business-Led Emplyoment
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ENABLE Youth
African Development Bank (AfDB)
Now in Nigeria, Cameroon, DRC, Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan, Zambia, Malawi and Uganda
30 SSA countries have requested support from AfDB and technical assistance from IITA
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Enabling Environment
Entrepreneurship and Agribusiness Incubation
Business Development and Financing
Project Management
ComponentsTarget
USD 12.5 billion to support enterprise
and job creation for youths & women
1.25 million agribusiness jobs in the
next 5 years
At least 350 000 agribusiness enterprises
to be created in Africa
At least 10 000 unemployed graduates
(50% women) trained and financially
empowered in each country
Investing in about 32 African
countries12 month training incubation of young graduates as
business men and women in agribusiness.
Innovative financing scheme
Transformation into credit worthy Agripreneurs
Deploy risk sharing mechanism
Favourable policies enhanced
Operating at multiple level for coordination
Program
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Global interfaces
IYA – broad continental network
Extended through research collaboration
Youth-youth – IYA-Lantmästare
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