Dear All,
I am Justin from Libera, I have been very supportive and always eager in the development and the sustainability of my country through agricultural activities and investment as a way forward to durable solution in ending hunger and poverty.
1. My experience as youth in the agriculture sector;
I have realized that the farming age of my country, that is the age group of the farmers, as well as agricultursts in Liberia lies greatly between 40 - 65 or 70 yrs, Which means the youths are not really engage into agriculture And the agriculture sector here is in a dying or falling age or status and in this case there is no vigorous development and continuity in the growth and development of this sector. The few youths who have realized their potential for the agriculture sector have been striving to thrive this sector, but have not been provided with the opportunity and responsibility (employment) to explore their ideas or abilities into this sector.
Secondly the farming population of my country here lack of entrepreneurial spirit and as the result agriculture has not yet Been realized as a business or trade on occupation making the sector nonindustrial or nonbeneficient to the social economic livelihood of the country, besides youth empowerment or opportunity through agriculture is also stalled as the effect of that.
Knowing that agriculture is the concrete way to better life and the status of my Country agriculture sector prompted me to go into agriculture to serve as role model and mobilizer to the growth and development of the sector.
2. My major achievements and success stories;
My major achievement is that, as a young boy who was born in an agrarian family and realized that agriculture is the only way to Peaceful and sustainable Life, and envisage to invest in agriculture by maneuvering to study agriculture and today I have degree and experiences in agriculture which have now given me the opportunities to achieve my vision or Goal for agriculture by possitively impacting my society.
3.what the Rwanda Youth Conference should Address;
The Conference should address Youth Capacity Building especially on Best Management Practice (BMP) and using their ability and potential in the sustainability, growth and development of the agriculture sector with the objective of exposing them to Opportunities (employment) and ending hunger and poverty in Africa through sustainable agriculture.
Г-н Justin Zrango Loga