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Special training sessions initiated for young women and hearing-impaired youth in Ghana

  1. Newsletter Happenings In-house version 12 March 2021, No.1897 To unlock the potential of youth in agriculture, we need targeted, inclusive interventions that appeal to specific and diverse groups of youth, especially female and differently-abled youth. Towards this goal, customized training sessions for young women, and hearing-impaired youth from the Wa School for the Deaf were conducted in Ghana recently, focusing on behavior change communication that incentivizes choice of improved varieties and quality seeds of cereals and legumes. The sessions were tailored to address the sustainable development goals (SDGs) of zero poverty, zero hunger and gender equality. The promise of expanding markets and increased demand for food products from a growing global population would suggest more incentives to engage in farming, making the sector attractive for the current and next generations. However, agriculture is facing unprecedented challenges. Possibly because of this, agriculture – particularly smallholder food production, widely believed to contribute to increased food production and rural poverty reduction – is less likely to draw in young people as a preferred choice of work. Youth are commonly treated as an undifferentiated group with essential, static qualities and little agency. However, the youth are a differentiated group, with Capacity building Special training sessions initiated for young women and hearing-impaired youth in Ghana Investing in the most vulnerable is crucial for meeting the UN SDGs diverse experiences, ideas and aspirations. These aspirations are shaped by factors across local, regional and even global scales. While there are opportunities for youth, many of their needs, including agricultural ones, remain largely unmet, with more limitations for females due to local norms. Also, agribusiness, which is a vital sector for youth living in poverty across Africa, is one where differently-abled youth face some of the greatest prejudices and exclusion. Therefore, opportunities should intentionally be planned with and extended to female and male youth groups of different social spectra. Enabling youth to tap into the available opportunity structures needs transformative approaches that include (i) targeting to ensure inclusive participation; (ii) customized interventions that equally benefit all types of youth groups; and (iii) providing a conducive social, economic and policy environment. A cross-section of the participants of the training session. Photo: D Adogoba, CSIR-SARI This work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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