In order to promote agricultural careers to Youth, Schools and universities and schools need to sit and plan together with rural community’s decision makers so that at the community level can be identified potential young people who are engaged and passionate with rural agricultural activities. This will require of course time and money in some cases so that the planning process should not collapse.
Government should design curriculums that encourage youth to engage themselves into rural development activities , because what we see today is that many young people abandon rural areas to cities looking for better life. The programmes should clearly demonstrate that all food products are derived from farming activities and that agriculture is the heart of development and food provision. Some African Governments have worked hard to set apart a credit programme scheme that encourages graduates to work on rural development. This should include creating initial development infrastructures that will attract young people to live in rural areas and embrace agricultural development activities. Future leaders approach should be used to encourage rural youth for sustainable programmes.
The idea of farmer field schools should continue whereby families bring together their successors that who l continue working there areas that they possess today for these important rural agricultural activities.
Schools and Universities should also include as priority in their budgets activities that open space for field agricultural demonstration where rural youth are invited to observe and learn about rural Agricultural activities.
Ø-I think that experiences have demonstrated that creating community group discussions whereby Family empowerment is an approach that can generate advantages for female farmers whereby they have to be shown that working together bring great levels of development. The experience I saw in Egypt for example, women are brought together to work in handcraft activities even those who are disable to common activities in this type of activities they are having different horizon in family development . So in Agriculture this experience can be applied to create equality among them, and therefore they will carry these experiences to different communities.
The establishment of infrastructures and health such as transport, health service centres , educational are likely to be the more pushing measures to making rural areas for future farmers,. In addition agricultural inputs are necessary as incentive for rural farmers.
Please share any relevant case studies about empowering women and youth in agriculture to achieve better food security
In the past when livestock restocking programmes were flooding most of the developing countries women and youth were brought together to be trained some as paraverts and other as community livestock services promoters and it worked very well u. So I think that is an experience that can be visited and be employed for the current purposes
Enoque Albino Manhique
Enoque Albino Manhique