Perfil de los miembros
Sra. Genna Tesdall
Organización:
The Pennsylvania State University, International Association of Agriculture and Related Sciences Students (IAAS)
País:
Estados Unidos de América
I am working on:
My master’s thesis will continue part of my work with IAAS, which focuses on youth involvement with FAO. Both FAO and youth organizations recognize youth are underrepresented in and lack understanding of FAO, which is an important barrier to youth attraction to and success in agriculture, and ultimately key to the future of food security. However, FAO and youth organizations do not have a comprehensive understanding of the ways FAO is currently working with youth and how both can improve their work with youth. For my master’s thesis, I will map the actors in FAO working with youth, their scope, and their impact.
Sra. Genna Tesdall
As the former President of the students' network IAAS (the International Association of Agriculture and Related Sciences Students), I heartily advocate for fostering and bolstering networks of young people. The connections, professional and personal, formed through our network of agriculture students, are some of the strongest relationships our members have in their professional lives. Our international events and internships are organized by young people in agriculture for young people in agriculture, thereby providing an exchange of opportunities, experience, and cross cultural understanding. Internships and events in our association lead to agriculture sector jobs for our students. Connections within the association foster agricultural projects and connections to job opportunities locally and around the world. Networks of students are very loyal to each other and provide the support for an career in agriculture that they will not find outside networks of peers.