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Over 100 young graduates have landed an 11-month internship training placement at the Agro Studies International Centre for Agricultural Interns in Israel, a development that will support government's efforts to strengthen the agriculture sector.

The training will mainly focus on vegetable and fruit farming, plant protection, soil conservation, irrigation techniques, advanced agriculture under international standards, computer economics, project planning and post-harvest, Dr Gerardine Mukeshimana, the Minister for Agriculture and Animal Resources, noted.

The 15th october 2014, at the World Food Prize international symposium, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, the Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative (AGI), and the World Food Prize Foundation named four young entrepreneurs under age 40 as the recipients of $150,000 fellowships to launch innovative social enterprise projects addressing hunger and poverty in Liberia, Malawi, Rwanda and Sierra Leone.
The 40 Chances Fellows were formally honored on the World Food Day, during the Borlaug Dialogue international symposium.

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Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) was established in response to the young generation’s increasing lack of interest in agriculture, insufficient participation of young professionals in addressing critical development issues and inadequate access to resources to address these issues. YPARD serves as a medium for young professionals (YPs) from all stakeholder groups in agricultural development to voice their views, exchange perspectives and to contribute to sustainably improved livelihoods, worldwide, through dynamic agricultural development.

The four primary objectives of YPARD are:

kristina kuznetsova “Eastern Europe and Central Asia has been recognized by the World Bank and FAO as having large untapped production potential. In fact, countries such as Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan could potentially meet almost half of the world’s grain export needs in the near future.

Current meteorological data indicates that the climate in the region becomes increasingly wet and warm, so I have chosen this parameter for the Agritech Toolbox modelling.

Agriculture has an image problem. For the majority of the world's youth, agriculture isn't an attractive avenue of employment. Most youth think of it as back-breaking labor without an economic pay-off and little room for career advancement. This week in Des Moines, the World Food Prize has honored and highlighted youth in agriculture education programs.

With an aging population of farmers, it's clear that agriculture needs to attract more young people. This is a global challenge: half of the farmers in the United States are 55 years or older and the average age of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa is around 60 years old.

Did you know, that with almost 200 million people aged between 15 and 24, Africa has the youngest population in the world? As a result, there are roughly 10 million people in Africa who enter the workforce each year. Is this a threat for increased unemployment, or is it a vast opportunity to find the workforce that is going to power an agricultural revolution in Africa?

Global agricultural coalition Farming First and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have joined forces to create an illustrated infographic that is an essential resource for policymakers, development practitioners and academics looking to understand the issues and opportunities which lie ahead for agriculture in Africa, exploring themes such as nutrition, gender, trade, soil health and infrastructure.