AGRIPRENEURSHIP:CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES

STEVEN CARR CONSULTING

A LITTLE ABOUT ME…• GREW UP IN A FARMING COMMUNITY IN

YORKSHIRE, UK• PROFESSIONAL YOUTH & COMMUNITY

WORKER• 20+ YEARS IN NORTHERN IRELAND• PROJECTS IN ZAMBIA, SENEGAL & CAMBODIA• NOW LIVING IN SWITZERLAND WORKING AS

AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT & WITH NORLHA

GLOBAL CHALLENGES• CLIMATE CHANGE• POVERTY• MIGRATION• CONFLICT• POPULATION GROWTH

AFRICAN CHALLENGES• YOUTH IS DEFINED AS PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 15 (EXCLUSIVE) AND 35 (INCLUSIVE).• IN 2015, 226 MILLION YOUTH AGED 15-24 LIVED IN AFRICA, ACCOUNTING FOR 19 PER CENT OF THE

GLOBAL YOUTH POPULATION (UN, 2015)• 10 MILLION YOUTH ENTER AFRICA’S LABOUR MARKET ANNUALLY.• BY 2020, 3 OUT OF 4 AFRICANS WILL BE, ON AVERAGE, 20 YEARS OLD.• YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA IS ABOUT 12%• ONLY 16% OF YOUTH HAVE A ‘WAGE JOB’, WHILE 62% WORK ON FAMILY FARMS AND 22% IN

HOUSEHOLD ENTERPRISES.• AT THE US$2/DAY LEVEL, THE WORKING POVERTY RATE WAS ABOUT 64 % IN 2013 (YAP, 2016)• THE AVERAGE AGE OF FARMERS IN AFRICA IS ABOUT 55 YEARS (WTO, 2015)

STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT• SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS• #1 NO POVERTY• #2 ZERO HUNGER• #8 DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH• #11 SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES• #15 LIFE ON LAND

• AGENDA 2063• ENABLE YOUTH

• PARIS CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES (COP21)

AGRIPRENEURSHIP IS THE PROFITABLE

MARRIAGE OF AGRICULTURE AND

ENTREPRENEURSHIP SHOJI LAL BAIRWA, KEROBIM LAKRA, S. KUSHWAHA, L. K. MEENA AND PRAVIN KUMAR,

AGRIPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT AS A TOOL TO UPLIFTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS, VOLUME 4, ISSUE 3, 2014

AGRIPRENEURS HAVE THE CHANCE TO…•CREATE WEALTH & EMPLOYMENT

•SUPPORT LOCAL AND GLOBAL

FOOD SECURITY

•GROW SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT RURAL COMMUNITIES

THOUGHT & ACTION…A FOCUS SHOULD THUS BE ON TAPPING THE DYNAMISM AND RESOURCEFULNESS OF YOUTH TO ESTABLISH PRODUCTIVE AND PRO-POOR VENTURES, ESPECIALLY IN AGRICULTURE, AND HELPING THEM TO CREATE JOBS FOR THEMSELVES (AND OTHERS) WITHIN THE AGRICULTURE VALUE CHAIN. ONLY BY DOING THIS WILL THE POTENTIAL OF A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR AFRICA BE REALISED.ALLIANCE FOR A GREEN REVOLUTION IN AFRICA (AGRA). 2015. AFRICA AGRICULTURE STATUS REPORT: YOUTH IN AGRICULTURE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. NAIROBI, KENYA. ISSUE NO. 3

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