The document presents a youth-led movement for agricultural development, emphasizing the crucial role of young people as future farmers and advocates for change. It discusses strategies to attract and engage youth in agriculture, including mechanization, ICTs, microfinance, and skill transfers, while highlighting the challenges of migration and the importance of gender equality in the agricultural workforce. The document calls for policy dialogues and collaboration between youth, scientists, and policymakers to support these initiatives.

1. A movement by youth, for youth, for
agricultural development

2. •
•Presenter
Presenter
Bivekananda Mahat
•YPARD local representative, Nepal
Youth

3. Overview
 Young people are future and future generations of farmers
 Young are adept at spreading new habit, raising awareness
and advocates for change

4.  Important Question:
 How to attract Youth in Agriculture?
 How to keep youth engaged in Agriculture
who are at present engaged in Ag?

5. Ways of attracting youth in
Agriculture:
 Mechanization (women Friendly)
 ICTs
 Microfinance & Microcredits
 Skill transfer mechanisms

6.  Insurance of crops
 Value adding trainings( selling processed
products like ginger candy )
 Agro-based industries (dairy farm, Oil
producing companies)
 Management of Market(internal and
International)

7. Capacity Building
 Farmers( Females and Males)
 Agricultural graduates as we work in farm tomorrow
through exposure
Providing opportunities to learn

8. Major Issue that should be discussed today
is
Migration
 Rural to urban and Emigration
 Half million of the Nepali have migrated in foreign
labor market ( Department of Foreign Employment)
 A serious problem in developing countries.
 Need of Urgent Advocacy

9. About Gender
 Women comprise 43% of the average
of the Ag labour force in developing
countries.
 If they have same acess to productive
resources they could increase Yield of
Farm by 20-30%.(FAO)

10. Effective tools
 Top down and bottom up approach
 Policy Dialogues among Scientists, policy makers and
with explicit participation of the Youth.
 Encouragement

11. Thank you