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)


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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IITA YOUTH AGRIPRENEURS (IYA)


Start 2012 (IFAD*-funded pilot)

30 National Youth Service Corps

BSc holders (different disciplines) -> unemployment

Gender-balanced team*International Fund for Agricultural Development


Objectives

Mindset change – Agriculture as livelihood/business opportunity

Capacity development – Agripreneurial training across the value chain

Advocacy for youth in agriculture

Learning by doing…


Nigeria

DR Congo

Zambia

Tanzania

Kenya

Uganda

Malawi

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IYA groups 2017

385 members


• 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


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


training of other youths Weighing sampled cassava tubers

Value added cassava to garri

Activities


Hello Tractor (USAID)

• 100 participants

• Oyo, Abuja & Kano

• 3 smart tractors/youth

Resource mobilization

CHEVRON


• Niger-Delta

• Cassava, fish & plantain


BM Gates Foundation


• 50% start-ups established

• Enterprises (maize, soybean,

groundnut), fabrication and

spray services

Borno state training program


• 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


Conference 2014Jointly organized by AfDB/IITA

Empowering Novel Agri-Business-Led Emplyoment


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


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


Global interfaces

IYA – broad continental network

Extended through research collaboration

Youth-youth – IYA-Lantmästare


Thank you

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What is the IITA Youth Agripreneur initiative and what possible global interfaces are there?