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Youth
entrepreneurship
in agricultureSetting the scene
Ken LOHENTOProgram Coordinator
ARDYIS Project
CTA
CDI WUR market access short courses
Netherlands, 20 Jan 2016
CTA• Technical Centre for Agriculture and
Rural Cooperation (CTA) EU – ACP joint institution, 1983, based in Netherlands
• Mission advance food and nutritional security
increase prosperity
encourage sound natural resource management
• Via information and knowledge/ICT,
policy dialogue, strengthening capacity, developing value chains
Youth in agriculture
= cross-cutting issue
What do we mean by Entrepreneurship?
New good or quality thereof
New method of production
Opening of a new market
New source of supply/material
New organisation of industry
Entrepreneurship
(Schu
mp
eter, 19
34
)
Innovation
Risktaking
High GROWTH
Small business management
Specific needs for supporting entrepreneurship
Agro-entrepreneur
#
Exploitant agricole
Source:
Global Entrepreneurship
Index 2016
Youth bulge and unemployement imply need of entrepreneurship
• Young Africans are 3 times more likely than adultsto be unemployed
• 62% of Sub-saharan Africa are under 25
• Up to 60% of young people in developingcountries are either without work, not studying, or engaged in irregular employment (Jacqui Kew, GEM, 2015) – ILO rates lower consider specific variables.
• Many successful young agri-preneurs are not agricultural specialists
• USA: “99% of all employers are small business owners. -- 75% of the new jobs created every year -- responsible for 96% of all exported goods.” (in the USA)
• Rapid job creation comes from rapid growing companies (Global Entrepreneurship Index, 2016)
• The age range 25 – 34 is home to the highest entrepreneurial activity (GEI)
Importance of entrepreneurship and business for economies
Status of Youth entrepreneurial activities in Africa
Uganda =
country with the
highest youth
entrepreneurship
in Africa (but the
majority of these
businesses create few new
jobs)
(Source: Africa’s young
entrepreneurs…GEM,
IDRC, 2015)
Youth business and impacts on the livelihoods of the entrepreneur (2013)
Source: Jacqui K,
GEM, IDRC 2015
Source: Jacqui K,GEM, IDRC 2015Self unemployed are in the retail sector or SC
agriculture sector, with low sustainabilty
Gender business disparity
Source: Jacqui
K,GEM, IDRC
2015
Youth businesses by sector, GEM study
Source:
Jacqui
K,GEM,
IDRC 2015
• 73% of youth businesses indicated that they were using old technologies or procedures (that were available
more than five years ago)
• 65% of low growth businesses operators have only a primary school education, while 80% of those running high-growth businesses have completed higher education
Status of Youth entrepreneurial activities in Africa
Source: Jacqui K,GEM, IDRC 2015
Agribusiness opportunities in all agricultural value chain segments for youth
Source: Montpellier Panel Report, 2014
• Agribusiness training
• Social media for agribusiness
• Youth climate smart agribusiness project idea (FIJEV 2014+, with OIF, Gov Niger)
• E-discussion and publication (with AGRA, FAO/IFAD, etc.)
• Promoton of e-Agriculture entrepreneurship
• Entrepreneurial blog awarded by YoBloCo Awards
• Soon (2016):
A regional agribusiness WebTV in francophone Africa, to promote youth agribusiness (led by MediaProd in Burkina Faso)
Project on climate smart agriculture, agribusiness (Zambia)
Virtual youth agribusiness incubation platform in the Caribbean (IICA)
etc
Some CTA youth Agribusiness activities
Offering ICT/mobile services for Agriculture
CTA promotes e-Agriculture entrepreneurship
e.g. Ensibuuko offers mobile
financial services to more than 60 000 farmers in Uganda
Agri-entrepreneurship areas of challenges and solutions for youth
Education/Training (post secondary education,
vocational training)
Favorable agribusiness policies
Access to Land
ICT ,TechnologyAccess to finance
(crowdfunding, business angel, investors,, commodity exchange,
etc.)
Business support(ecosystem, incubation, etc.)
Source:
Global Entrepreneurship
Index 2016
Some key resources
• Unlocking the potential of Africa’s young entrepreneurs http://bit.ly/young-entrepreneurs-africa (Jacqui K, GEM, IDRC, 2015)
• Africa Agriculture Status Report – 2015: Youth in Agriculture in SSA (AGRA, 2015) http://www.agra.org/media-centre/news/africa-agriculture-status-report--2015-/
• Youth and Agriculture: Key Challenges and Concrete Solutions (CTA, FAO, IFAD, 2013) http://bit.ly/youth-CTA-FAO-IFAD
• CTA: http://www.cta.int
• CTA Youth in agriculture and ICT program (ARDYIS): http://www.facebook.com/ardyis - http://ardyis.cta.int
