The webinar was a culmination of a month long online discussion organized by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), CGIAR Research Program on Livestock, the Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network (CSAYN), AgriProFocus, and ICCO Cooperation. As a wrap-up to the online discussion, this webinar discussed novel opportunities for youth, practitioners, policymakers, scientists, technical experts and other stakeholders emerging in the discussion and provided an impetus towards developing a framework for concrete youth engagement in agribusiness within the context of a changing climate.

1. Webinar: Engaging African Youth in Agribusiness in a
Changing Climate
Date: Wednesday, 30th August, 2017 Time: 1400 – 1530 (EAT)
• What examples of innovative youth-led agribusinesses exist in Africa and what
challenges do they face in a changing climate?
• What career and business opportunities does CSA offer to youth in Africa?
• What policies and programmes should governments put in place to facilitate the
involvement of youth in agribusiness in a changing climate?
• What approaches and opportunities exist for scaling up the adoption of
innovative youth climate-smart agri-businesses opportunities across Africa
Discussion Questions:

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CSAYN
The Climate Smart Agriculture
Youth Network
http://Csayn.org

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About Us
Our Mission
Activities, Expected Results and
some country actions
What is Climate Smart Agriculture

4. About us
Consists of Volunteers
Based in 19 Sub-Saharan
African Countries, Canada,
USA, Myanmar, Pakistan,
Madagscar, Indonesia, Bangladesh,
Cambodia , India
The Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network
(CSAYN) consists of volunteers (based in 19
sub-Saharan African countries including USA,
Canada, Pakistan, Indonesia, Cambodia,
Bangladesh and Myanmar) who promote and
strengthen climate smart agriculture among
youth. CSAYN is connected through an online
platform enabling members to share information
and research and seek advice on the
implementation of their practical projects that
are connected to Climate-Smart Agriculture
(CSA) and the environment. CSAYN is working
with the Global Alliance for Climate-Smart
Agriculture to highlight youth issues across the
alliance.
The main objective of the CSAYN is to create awareness, sensitize and
build the productive capacity of young people and people living with
disabilities on CSA issues as related to climate change adaptation and
mitigation, and increasing food productivity in a sustainable manner.

5. Our Mission
• Empower youth with CSA knowledge, enabling them to
incorporate sustainability in their decisions in
agriculture.
• Create dialogue on the threats and opportunities of
climate change and agriculture.
• Raise awareness among youth 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 and forestry.
• Enhance meaningful youth contribution in livestock,
fisheries and aquaculture activities.
Our Target
• Youth aged 18 - 35 in rural and urban areas
• Educational institutions, relevant government ministries

6. What is Climate Smart Agriculture
It presents a sustainable alternative to adapt and mitigate
climate change. It promotes production systems that
sustainably increase productivity, resilience, reduces
greenhouse gases, enhances food security and
development goals. Considerable knowledge, investment
and stakeholder participation is required to effectively
implement CSA.

7. Activities
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• Establish CSA national forums aimed at lobbying for youth
engagement in CSA related initiatives in their countries.
• Organize bi-annual youth conferences on CSA for national
forums and their members to share their experience and learn
from others experience.
• Create a social media presence and an online database to
share information and current findings on CSA, nationally and
globally.
• Represent and showcase youth engagement in CSA in different
regional and global forums.
• Design farmer field schools to enable famers to share their field
experiences with each other.

8. Expected Results
• Increased understanding of CSA and the crucial role
of youth in promoting CSA.
• CSA is integrated in educational systems (inter alia
schools, colleges and clubs) through activities in local
gardens, farms and forests gardening, also potential
activities within forestry and fisheries industries;
• Development of CSA country-specific reports on
activities and recommendations;
• Increased awareness-raising of youth and people with
disabilities on CSA issues.
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9. Some Country Actions
CSAYN –Rwanda In
February in partnership with SOS
Children’s Village Rwanda, we
trained over 50 young students on
how to protect the environment;
particularly sensitization on the
impact of climate change on the
agricultural productivity.

10. Ghana
We have established
clubs in schools and
raised awareness on
SDGs among
members. We also
have engaged
members in practical
activities such as tree
nursery establishment
and clean up
exercises and built
local farmers capacity
on climate smart
agriculture.

11. Mali
We have
organized
environmental
academies such
as climate justice
ambassadors to
raise awareness
about climate
change and
created CSAYN
Mali club. We
have planted 25
trees with children
in 2 schools.

12. Nigeria
We have had a joint outreach with
NEF to DCC School for Disabled
where pupils were thought the
importance of school garden and
planting trees. We have organized
stand up for SDGs for a
secondary school, where about
200 youths were in attendance

13. Togo
• CSAYN Togo present at ACF
2017 and launched CSAYN
Benin

14. Zimbabwe
CSAYN Zimbabwe
had a lecture on
SDGs in March
2017. We
addressed
approximately 800
boys. In May
2017, we had a
training session on
SDG 13 this
adressed 34
youths: 22 ladies
and 12 men.

15. Morocco
We launched our first activities
during the last COP 22 in
Marrakech. After which we
launched the SDG Training
program in Morocco. So far we
have trained more than 320 youth
on the SDGs in Morocco.

16. DRC

17. Challenges
• Lack of funding to implement our activities
• Lack of capacity
• Access to land
• Access to Market

18. Our Partners
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Thank You!
https://csayouthnetwork.wordpress.com/

20. Webinar: Engaging African Youth in Agribusiness in a
Changing Climate
Date: Wednesday, 30th August, 2017 Time: 1400 – 1530 (EAT)
• What examples of innovative youth-led agribusinesses exist in Africa and what
challenges do they face in a changing climate?
• What career and business opportunities does CSA offer to youth in Africa?
• What policies and programmes should governments put in place to facilitate the
involvement of youth in agribusiness in a changing climate?
• What approaches and opportunities exist for scaling up the adoption of
innovative youth climate-smart agri-businesses opportunities across Africa
Discussion Questions:

21. Policies and programmes to facilitate
the involvement of youth in agribusiness
By Wouter Kleijn
Youth Employment Specialist – International Livestock Research Institute

22. Policies and programmes to facilitate
the involvement of youth in agribusiness
I) Should we involve more youth?
Reflect on the added value and mitigate potential resistance
II) What is different about youth?
Should our efforts to engage be different from adults and
previous generations of youth and to what extent will this be
more/less challenging ?
III) How can we involve youth?
We should aim to contribute as (cost-)efficient as possible

23. Policies and programmes to facilitate
the involvement of youth in agribusiness
Should we involve more youth?
No, agriculture is risky and they are not interested – “Why Push Them?”
No, scale increases will offset demand for labor and can address food security
No, population growth is significant, many will remain in the rural areas
Yes, too many youth with too few jobs  violence and sub-optimal consumer spending
Yes, multiplier effect (increases demand for products  jobs)

24. Policies and programmes to facilitate
the involvement of youth in agribusiness
Are (these) youth different?
• Huge differences among youth
• Youth not that different from elderly. Many challenges are the same.
FAO Report (2015): Knowledge, land, finance, markets, policy,..
Some differences compared to previous generations:
• Climate change  more knowledge intensive
• Less land available due to population growth and increase in life expectancy
• Youth aware of alternatives (econ/dev - urbanization, education and mass media)
• Youth are more concerned with labor intensity and income than adults (???)

25. Policies and programmes to facilitate
the involvement of youth in agribusiness
How can we involve youth? There is No Blue Print Solution!
I) Addressing some of the ‘usual suspects’ at macro-level that limit agricultural development
(e.g. Infrastructure, Corruption, FDI, education system)
II) At micro-level: PPPs, contract-farming arrangements, capital provision in commercially interesting value
chains close to markets (compromising inclusiveness)
III) Supporting existing youth entrepreneurs
IV) Including value adding services yet not forgetting about primary production (cost-effectiveness issues!)

26. Policies and programmes to facilitate
the involvement of youth in agribusiness
That means:
I) Limited Role for Research
Youth are not always dramatically different and highly context-specific (e.g. land and pigs in Uganda)
Some practical/context-specific research can be useful
(e.g. market studies, intrahousehold dynamics within
project-setting, develop practical manuals, cost-benefit
analysis improved practices)
II) Modest Role for ICT, for now
III) Climate Change is more a challenge
than an opportunity
IV) Youth-specific interventions are not always necessary

27. Policies and programmes to facilitate
the involvement of youth in agribusiness
Thank you!
w.kleijn@cgiar.org
+31614147591 (Whatsapp)
+799 871 821 (Kenyan number)
www.DevelopmentSocks.com

28. Webinar: Engaging African Youth in Agribusiness in a
Changing Climate
Date: Wednesday, 30th August, 2017 Time: 1400 – 1530 (EAT)
• What examples of innovative youth-led agribusinesses exist in Africa and what
challenges do they face in a changing climate?
• What career and business opportunities does CSA offer to youth in Africa?
• What policies and programmes should governments put in place to facilitate the
involvement of youth in agribusiness in a changing climate?
• What approaches and opportunities exist for scaling up the adoption of
innovative youth climate-smart agri-businesses opportunities across Africa
Discussion Questions: