Youth Engagement in CSA in East Africa

Some examples
Youth Engagement in CSA in
East Africa

Youth CSA activities
CCAFS is working with youth groups in East Africa:
Smart farms – combination of CSA practices
−Greenhouse production of tomatoes & green beans for better disease
and pest control, continuous production to meet market demand and
water efficiency.
−Irrigation - Rain water harvesting irrigation (RWHI)
−Aquaculture - fish farming for improved nutrition and income
 Improved small ruminants - uptake of resilient breeds of
goats (Galla) and sheep (Red Maasai) -
 Agroforestry- Integrating fruit trees and multipurpose trees
for fodder and fuel wood, and tree nurseries
 Climate Information Service (CIS) – Informed farm
decisions

Greenhouse production of tomatoes
(4 youth groups in Nyando) – Kamula, Onyuongo, Obinju and
Kapsokale)

Youth group members pruning their crop in the
greenhouse

Drip irrigation – vegetable production (Kales, black
nightshade, cabbages).

Youth involved in horticulture for income generation

Aquaculture - youth embrace fish farming for
nutrition and income

Tree nurseries integrating fruit trees &
multipurpose trees for income

Fruit trees – Pawpaw and Avocado for income

Water harvesting for irrigation

Resilient livestock —drought tolerant Galla
Goats & Red Maasai Sheep

Climate information services – youths embrace CIS for better
informed farm decisions

www.un.org/en/events/africandescentdecade
http://cop22.ma
https://csayouthnetwork.wordpress.com
COP22 side event: Youth engagement in climate-smart agriculture in Africa, Date: Tuesday,
November 15, 2016 Time: 10:00 – 11:30 GMT + 1, Venue: Africa Pavillion, Salle 2 ( Blue Zone)

Mainstreaming youth in
Climate Smart Agriculture as
an opportunity for employment

WHAT IS CSAYN?
The CSAYN is a group of volunteers
(based in eight countries in SSA, also USA
and Europe)- linked across the world via
an online platform to share findings and
seek advice for their practical projects -
that have a strong interest in CSA and the
environment.
http://cop22.ma

MISSION STATEMENT
❑ Raise awareness on CSA among young men and women (aged 15-
24)to enable them to make sustainable decisions for the future in
the agriculture sector.
❑ Create awareness of the related present and future threats related
to climate change and agriculture.
❑ Make youth aware of the contributions they can make in the
agriculture sector for a better future, especially through the
application of climate-smart practices in both agriculture &
forestry.
❑ Fast change of behavior; youth as vectors of change: Youth take
good practices & knowledge to their families at home and thus
change society.

VISION STATEMENT
The CSAYN aims to engage its target groups
through information dissemination by using
existing knowledge materials on CSA to increase
the capacities of members, using media and other
publication institutions to spread the news.
Budget ? Myrad of Climate Funds, but nobody
paid us or reserved money for youth or too
unpredictable.

TARGET COUNTRIES
❑Togo (CSA pilot country for East Africa);
❑Nigeria (CSA pilot country for West
Africa);
❑Cameroon (CSA pilot country for Central
Africa) and
❑Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
❑Where will the money come from?
http://cop22.ma

CSAYN PAST
PROGRAMS
❑2014 - Inception of CSAYN in Cameroon as the
HQ
❑2014 - DRC (Central African ),Togo (East
Africa), Nigeria (West Africa)
❑2014 - Planning meetings in Canada
(Americas) being the technical HQ
❑2014 - CSAYN was well represented at the UN
Climate Summit

CSAYN PAST PROGRAMS
❑ 2015 - CSAYN Global Coordination Unit (GCU) signed
the United Nations Zero Hunger Challenge Pledge (ZHC)
towards promoting the campaign among all CSAYN
countries & beyond
❑ 2015 - call to applications for Country Coordinators (CC)
was launched after which most volunteers were identified
to support our activities at country-level as focal points.
❑ Nice, everybody wants to be on the picture with us /
youth, but when does the money follow for youth if we
are so important to provoke change in society for the
better?
❑ Our Future? Adults caused the problems? Where’s our
money?
http://cop22.ma

CSAYN CURRENT PROGRAMS
In margin of the transition from Millennium
Development Goals to the New
Development Agenda; commonly known
as the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) and Agenda 2030
CSAYN designed a program titled: African
Youth for the SDGs Training (AYSDGT)
with the following objectives ...
Where will the money come from?

CSAYN ACTIVITIES IN PICTURES
Launch Nigeria
Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network

UN Observance Day
www.fao.org/world-food-day

AFRICAN YOUTH FOR SDGS TRAINING IN IGBO
LANGUAGE
MONDAY 6TH JUNE, 2016 AT NNAMDI AZIKIWE
UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL (NAUTH), NNEWI,
ANAMBRA, NIGERIA.
THEME: ‘MAINSTREAMING YOUTH IN THE MEANS OF

DRC LAUNCH
http://cop22.ma

CAMEROON LAUNCH
http://cop22.ma

CAMEROON
INCEPTION OF THE AYSDGT
https://csayouthnetwork.wordpress.com http://cop22.ma
AYSDGT = African Youth for the SDG Training

CSAYN
TOGO
CSAYN TOGO
LAUNCH

http://cop22.ma

CANADA FIELD DEMOS OF BIOCHAR
MAKINGhttps://csayouthnetwork.wordpress.com
CSAYN
TOGO

Thank you &
be practical
Where is our Money?
Invest in Youth led Climate Actions
Annual budget please per country
or COP22 is a failure !

Presented at COP 22 Side Event in African Pavilion, Salle 2 in Marrakech, Morocco on November 15,
2016
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Youth Engagement in Climate Smart
Agriculture in Africa
by DybornChibonga,NASFAMCEO
Member of WorldFarmers’Organisation(WFO)

Outline of Presentation
 Perceptions of Smallholder Agriculture in
Africa
 Why Engagement of Youth in Agriculture
 Challenges of Youth participation in CSA
 Recommendations
 Conclusion
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Perceptions of Smallholder
Agriculture in Africa
• Farming can be a backbreaking and labour-intensive
chore for many families and the millions of African
smallholder farmers
• The average age of a farmer anywhere in the world is 60
years old.
• For a very important sector that feeds the world and
ensures our food and nutritional security, this is an
alarming piece of statistics and is a cause for concern.
• But government leaders, policymakers, development
workers, and other important stakeholders are now
sitting up and listening.
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Why Engagement of Youth in
Agriculture
• Agriculture is now being modernized and receiving
the attention that would make it as the next driver of
development in sub-Saharan Africa.
• One that will ensure that Africa becomes the next
bread basket of the world and encourage the
productive engagement of marginal groups such as
women and youth in agricultural value chains.
• And that can help transform the sector into a more
vibrant and attractive occupation for the teeming
African youths.
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Challenges of Youth participation in
CSA
Lack of enabling policy environment and platforms for
youth engagement in CSA
• Regional, national and international policies do not reflect the need for
consistent and comprehensive approaches for engaging young people
in developing the agricultural sector, addressing climate change, and
safeguarding food security.
• Few incentives for youth to take advantage of the available
opportunities and the potential of new technologies aimed at
recuperating agricultural productivity.

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CSA...
Lack of Research for Development in CSA
• CSA requires research in order to further develop and constantly
incorporate new innovations.
• Young professionals are at the helm of research as the future of the
agriculture sector.
• However, research opportunities in CSA are not always well presented
to the youth, and tools and knowledge on CSA are not well developed
and shared.
• Investment in education, capacity development and communication
would go a long way towards engaging the youth in CSA.

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CSA...
Lack of access to productive resources for CSA
• Land ownership is an Africa-wide challenge, as older males tend
to own or control the land.
• As land is the major requirement for CSA, the youth need access
to this resource.
• In addition to land, CSA practices and technologies require other
major investments, requiring coordinated financial mechanisms
from different sources.

Recommendations
 There is a need to make CSA activities attractive and accessible
to the youth.
 This means exploring and introducing more business and market-oriented approaches to
agriculture for youth engagement in the sector,
 Making the agricultural sector a more productive and attractive profession.
 Government, Private Sector and Development Partners need to
play a central role in the development of CSA technologies
 Especially in creating new employment opportunities for young people,
 Nurturing linkages between education and business,
 Improving access to markets, financial services and innovation,
 The transfer of technology and skills.
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Recommendations…
 Existing good practice cases on CSA must be documented
and shared for the benefit of the youth.
 Mobilizing and organizing youth farmers into cooperatives
and associations to benefit from economies of scale.
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 The world has undergone significant transformation in
the way business is done.
 Almost everything is technologically enhanced and
requiring creativity every now and then if one is to
stay in business.
 New markets and niches in the agricultural sector
offer young people opportunities for improving their
livelihoods and ensuring food and nutrition security.
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Conclusions

Zikomo
Thank You!
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www.nasfam.org
“The future belongs to the organized!”

Olu Ajayi PhD
Marakech, Morocco
15 November, 2016
Opportunities and Incentives for
Youth to engage in CSA in Africa

Technical Centre for Agricultural and rural
Cooperation (CTA)
Mission: to advance food and nutrition security,
increase prosperity & encourage sound NRM in ACP.
CTA operates under the framework of the Cotonou
Agreement between ACP and EU.

Approach
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Promoting agriculture as a
sustainable business that can create
value for smallholder producers,
provide jobs for women and youth,
produce nutritious and healthy
food for people, and serve as an
engine for inclusive growth.

Climate variability (& change) is critical to agriculture
in ACP region because smallholder farms are rainfed
 Distribution of impact- smallholder & female with
lowest capacity to adapt are disproportionally impacted
 Mid-season drought and weather extreme are the
“new normal”?
What we know….

From “problems” to “solutions”.......
Much information about challenges...but relatively
less on solutions
Proven specific solutions that benefit smallholder
farmers?
 Issues to ponder:
‒ Their adoption & impact?
‒ How to upscale proven CSA solutions?

http://publications.cta.int/en/publications/publication/1867/
“Climate solutions
that work for
farmers”
- a compilation of
stories from the field
Scaling up Climate Smart Agricultural Solutions for
smallscale farmers in Southern African region

Opportunities & Incentives
 Demographic changes & emergence of consumers
conscious of food quality & environ footprints.
 Role models of successful youth in agric:
“Agriculture/CSA is cool!”.
Harnessing the power of ICTs- mobile apps to help
farmers make informed decision
Agriculture /CSA is on the radar once again....spot
opportunities

Opportunities & Incentives
 Bottom line: agriculture/csa must be
profitable
Policies and institutional context

Thank you
Merci beaucoup
CTA operates under the framework of the
Cotonou Agreement and is funded by the EU.

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