African American Youth’s School Hardships and Accomplishments
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Facilitating youth’s access to
rural activities
Philippe REMY - 24 May 2012
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1 - Put more trust on young rural people
• Youth need more consideration and more trust must be put on them
• Do not try to fix them in villages, to force them to become farmers
• They must be part of the decisions on their own life • Help them to better dialogue with other generations
and to collectively reflect on their potential future at village level and on other opportunities
JFFLS
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2 - Help the Youth think broader• Intergenerational• the whole value-chain• Non-farm activities• Explore niche-markets • mobility• reduce rural / urban fracture • Pluri-activity• agent of change / environmental stewards to
promote sustainable agriculture
Ghana
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3 - Help the young build their own capacities
• youth education level still very low• training centres better adapted to their needs • revise curricula in a participatory manner • include education on agricultural production but also
on all the professional activities along the value chain
Songhai
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… and 4 - their collective strength
Youth organisations:• Relatively new phenomenon• Lack resources and experience• Lack visibility and network• Rather small (less than 200 members)• Usually informal/not registeredYouth within Farmer Organisations• Low involvement in decision-making, especially for
young women • Problematic transitional leadership
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What is needed?• human, technical and financial support to build and
strengthen their own organisations• youth sections within mixed FOs • Direct participation in policy dialogue• involvement in decision making processes from
design to implementation, monitoring and evaluation
case of Togo
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5 - Trust must go as far as finance.
• Develop youth savings services• Innovate youth adapted financial services• Combine training with financial support and
vice versa• Launch youth innovation funds with technical
and financial support
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As a conclusion…• Youth do not see a prosperous future in
agriculture and in rural areas if conditions remain as they are now
• but have the willingness and the capacity to create a new rural reality
• We have to keep in mind this positive message from young farmers and try our best to build on their recommendations to make their project become reality.
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Thank you for your attention!