This document outlines a model called the IYA (IITA Youth Agripreneur) Model that is aimed at nurturing the next generation of researchers and entrepreneurs in Africa. The model focuses on capacity building for youth through training, access to technology and markets, and skills development in agriculture and business. Some key activities of the IYA Model include cultivating over 30 hectares of crops like maize, cassava and soybean. It also involves rearing fish and pigs, producing food items like soymilk and cassava bread, and training over 300 youths. The overall goal is to productively engage youth in agriculture and provide evidence that they can succeed with the right support and training.

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Africa, Potential Food Basket of The
World: Nurturing the Next Generation of
Researchers & Entrepreneurs
Presented by
Odusanya Oludare

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• Introduction
• The Way Forward
• IYA Model
• IYA Activities
• Road Map
Presentation outline

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Introduction
• The world’s second largest
continent
• The second most populous
continent
• 1.1 billion people as at
2013.
• Has the youngest
population among all the
continent (50% of Africans
are 19 years or younger)

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Introduction
• Majority of the Farming
age are 40 years and
above.
• Cultivated lands are few
hectares
• Low level of
mechanization. Etc.

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• Reorientation/Mindset change is needed
• Gender Equity
• Capacity building
• Institutional support
• Mentoring
• Enterprise Development
The Way Forward

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Vision built on:
Use of improved technology options
Facilitating access to markets, seed distribution, etc.
Skills development in agriculture
Business development services
Forging strategic alliances and partnerships
The IYA-Model

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The IYA-Model:
Acting in various units as an organization taking
leadership roles
Steering Committee
Partnership and
Marketing
Administration
and Logistics
Production and
Operation
Marketing &
Processing
Capacity
Building
Communication,
ICT and M&E
Roots, Tuber &
Vegetables
Fisheries &
Livestock
Cereal & Legumes

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IYA – Activities
• Production of quality
planting materials
• Over 30 ha of maize
• Over 50 ha of cassava
• Over 20 ha of soybean
• Over 5,000 plantain
suckers

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IYA – Activities
• Over 10 types of
vegetables
cultivated
• 4 ponds stocked
with about 20,000
fishes
• Established piggery
• Over 300 youths
directly trainned

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IYA – Activities
• Production of Soymilk/
cassava bread
• Over 14 editions of the
IYA Newsletter
published
• Active involvement on
social media
@IITAYOUTHAGRIP
iitayouthagripreneurs.wordpress.com

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Youth Agripreneurs are a testament to
the fact that with good training, youths without
fore-exposure to agriculture can be productively
engaged in the sector.
Testament

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Thank You
Merci