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Through the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR), an Inventory of Forward Thinking in Agriculture and Rural Development by means of electronic media is now being launched.

This inventory aims to identify and record forward-thinking activities that have been developed, in a systematic and documented way, on issues related to agriculture, rural development and farming systems for the next 10-20 years.

This inventory should help identify a) individuals and organizations that are or have recently been engaged in such forward-thinking activities and b) what future scenarios were envisaged.

The survey is open to anyone who has engaged in this type of activity over the past 5 years. It is produced in 7 languages to provide an opportunity for more people to participate. The objectives of this inventory are to inform:


This inventory will contribute to the operation of the Global Foresight Hub which will enable all those engaged in forward thinking to share experiences, advances, to exchange with others on tools and methods, and to get linked with decision makers.

Your participation in the implementation of this inventory is thus an opportunity for you to share your work, your publications and interact with other professionals who share your interests.

Please, fill out this short questionnaire (it takes less than five minutes).Please select the link in your preferred language: English, Portugues, Espanol, Arabic, French, Russian, or Chinese.


With $65 million, the World Bank is to support Ghana's Youth Enterprise Development Project, an initiative of the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP), as was announced by the Ghanaian government on December 8.

More than 1 million youth are to benefit from the project, which focusses mainly on Agriculture, ICT, housing and related businesses. Also, 1140 youth businesses will be supported.

According to the Minister of Youth and Sports, in the course of 2011, 10 Youth leadership and Skills Training institutes have already benefited from the School Connectivity Project sponsored by the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communication (GIFEC).

Additionally, the Minister stated that the International Youth Day, the International Day of the Volunteers, the African Youth Day, and the National Youth for Peace Camp were celebrated to create awareness among the youth and create solidarity amongst the youth of Ghana.

Interested? Read the whole article here!

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Nawsheen Hosenally attended the PAEPARD Agricultural Innovation Facilitators' Workshop held in Uganda, November 28 - December 2.

Here, she got the opportunity to meet professionals with many years of experience from research, farmer organisations, NGOs and other consultants from 11 African countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Burundi, Cameroon, Mauritius, Sierra Leone, DRC, Uganda).


The CTA’s ARDYIS Project and its partners are proud to announce that public evaluation is now open for the “Youth in Agriculture Blog Competition” (YoBloCo Awards)!


Out of >90 entries, 36 blogs were shortlisted for the Individual Category and 16 blogs for the Institutional Category. [See the list of eligible blogs here]

There are two different processes for the two categories.


The UNDP posted a story about their work in Kingston, Jamaica, where they gave training to young and unemployed women and men in the poorer parts of Jamaica to increase their agriculture and food production skills to boost their job opportunities in local farming and agro-industries.


'(...) the young people have learned how to process fruit and vegetable juice, herbs and ginger powder to produce dried fruit, jams, sorrel, meat and honey. "This project provides not only technical knowledge and training, but facilities and equipment that would have been difficult or impossible for them to do otherwise,” said Machel Stewart, UNDP Poverty Programme Advisor.'

The project is a collaboration of the UNDP with with the National Centre for Youth Development, the Rural Agricultural Development Authority and national youth organizations. It is implemented by Jamaica’s Scientific Research Council and funded by UNDP and the United States Agency for International Development

Interested? Read more about this and the other activities in the whole article.


On December 7, The Ecologist published an article about the rising attention for the relation between climate change and food security.

In the article, by Olivier De Schutter, writes about the impact of climate change on food insecurity, and why it is therefore receiving more and more attention in the environmental debates. For instance during trhe COP17 in Durban, where agro-ecological methods of farming are discussed.

"The low-key nature of Durban’s COP17 climate talks has produced an unexpected silver lining. With a Kyoto II agreement seemingly in the deep freeze, a key issue has been allowed to fill the void: food security."

Interested? Read the whole article here.

Olivier De Schutter is UN Special Rapporteur on the Right for Food.

 


The Wisconsin Ag Connection (USA) published an article called "Molepske Introduces Wisconsin Ag Corps Legislation" (November 2).

It is about a legislation that would help to create new agricultural jobs for young people who are not familiar with agricultural work.

"Louis Molepske introduced the Wisconsin Agriculture Corps bill as part of the 'Make Wisconsin Work' jobs package. Modeled after the Wisconsin Conservation Corps, the Ag corps would help connect local youths with farm work and farm life in Wisconsin."

Interested? Read the whole article on the website of the Wisconsin Ag Connection.

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