On yearly basis, Nigeria graduates undergo the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program. The service year provides time for young people to develop and establish common ties, fostering national unity in this way.

Important for every youth, this is a time in which career choices are made, job experience in specific disciplines is obtained, and the spirit of self-reliance is acquired by developing work skills. With expanded prospects for self-employment in agriculture, its portrayal as an outdated, unprofitable, and backbreaking occupation by many educated young people limits its potential as a career choice and occupational preference.

This perception is inaccurate, with very few youths being exposed to knowledge on agricultural production and processing techniques and know-how of obtaining financial, land, business, and market information. Hence, it is important to provide youth that are in the NYSC program with opportunities to learn more about agriculture or agribusiness and appreciate how it can be a lucrative career and business development opportunity that could drive development in Nigeria.


Youth corps members serving in IITA have been inspired into helping transform the Nigerian economy through the development of African agriculture but many are neither equipped nor exposed to skills needed to be able to contribute to national food security. Some youth, with no agricultural background, are inspired by theresearch prowess of IITA to nourish Africa’s agriculture and are eager to learn and integrate new skills that would help enhance agricultural development and agribusiness. Hence, the NYSC members are proposing symposium that would help youth corps members be engaged more in transformative agricultural development.

This can inspire youth corps members grow into successful agricultural leaders who can continue to lead local, state, and national
communities. Owing to a technologically savvy generation, digital tools used in agribusiness that will help reduce the cost of business transactions and improve the profitability of agriculture will also be emphasized to make the agricultural value chain more interesting to potential agripreneurs.

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Through Tropical Legumes projects, National Agricultural Research Institution like CSIR-SARI in collaboration with IITA have been developing and using quality seeds of improved varieties to attract youth in agriculture and reduce migration.

We met with a few Cowpea seed producers and farmers who shared their farming experience. Tropical Legumes projects was implemented in 14 countries with funding from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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This video highlights 10 major farming decisions to make based on weather information.

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Video hii inaonyesha maamuzi 10 makuu ya kilimo ya kufanya kulingana na habari ya hali ya hewa.

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Learn more about how climate change impacts agriculture.

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Jifunze zaidi juu ya jinsi mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa yanavyoathiri kilimo.

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Building on the research this short film explores how young people engage with the rural economy in sub-Saharan Africa.

This film draws on research funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Research (IFAD) and implemented by a team led by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and including Addis Ababa University, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Makerere University, the Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, and the University of Sussex.

This video documents the activities of phases one and two of a project whose objective was to promote small-scale processing of cassava as a way of contributing to food security, increasing the income and improving livelihoods of smallholder farmers, creating jobs, and contributing to overall economic development.
The project, “Small-scale cassava processing and vertical integration of the cassava sub-sector in East and Southern Africa”, which ran for a total of eight years and came to an end in 2014, was funded by the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC). It was implemented by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in collaboration with national partners in five countries: the National Center of Applied Research and Rural Development (FOFIFA) of Madagascar; the Zambia Agricultural Research Institute; the National Agriculture Research Organization (NARO) of Uganda; the Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre (TFNC), and the Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique (IIAM).
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I hope this inspires you to get in contact with local permaculturists and start making a difference in this world. My gift to you!

In Senegal, where farming employs 70% of the population, desertification and land erosion have led to food insecurity. This video shows how researchers supported by the Climate Change Adaptation in Africa program worked with farmers to identify and implement farming strategies that protect against further desertification and improve yields under these new conditions.

Produced by A24 Media, this is part of a series of six videos on research supported by CCAA.

The Climate Change Adaptation in Africa research and capacity development program (2006-2012) was a joint initiative of Canada's International Development Research Centre and the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID).

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