youth – B4FA http://theb4fa.org Biosciences For Farming in Africa Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:39:59 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Why Nigeria should promote youth-driven, technology-supported agriculture for SDGs http://theb4fa.org/why-nigeria-should-promote-youth-driven-technology-supported-agriculture-for-sdgs/ http://theb4fa.org/why-nigeria-should-promote-youth-driven-technology-supported-agriculture-for-sdgs/#respond Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:39:49 +0000 http://theb4fa.org/?p=18032 Agriculture has the potentialities to provide jobs for young people and help African countries to achieve sustainable development goals. 

Based on the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG12) that seeks to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, and SDG2 which seeks to end hunger, achieving food security and promote sustainable agriculture, youths in ...

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]]> http://theb4fa.org/why-nigeria-should-promote-youth-driven-technology-supported-agriculture-for-sdgs/feed/ 0 South African youth doesn’t like farming because it’s not sexy. True or false? http://theb4fa.org/south-african-youth-doesnt-like-farming-because-its-not-sexy-true-or-false/ http://theb4fa.org/south-african-youth-doesnt-like-farming-because-its-not-sexy-true-or-false/#respond Wed, 09 Oct 2019 11:33:01 +0000 http://theb4fa.org/?p=18017 Some agribusinesses and agriculturalists argue that vocational training institutions are not efficiently producing skills needed for agriculture today, and that might be part of the reason why some young people are not finding work in this sector.

It has become fashionable in conferences to say “let’s make agriculture sexy in order ...

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]]> http://theb4fa.org/south-african-youth-doesnt-like-farming-because-its-not-sexy-true-or-false/feed/ 0 Why schools must emphasise farming http://theb4fa.org/why-schools-must-emphasise-farming/ http://theb4fa.org/why-schools-must-emphasise-farming/#respond Mon, 07 Oct 2019 09:29:57 +0000 http://theb4fa.org/?p=18006 B4FA Fellow Michael Ssali explains: In his essay titled ‘Education for Self-Reliance’ Mwalimu Julius Nyerere spoke of a situation where the type of education provided to Tanzanian children soon after the country’s independence was divorced from the society which it was supposed to prepare them for. 

He argued that children were ...

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]]> http://theb4fa.org/why-schools-must-emphasise-farming/feed/ 0 New incubation centres to support agric entrepreneurs design bankable projects http://theb4fa.org/new-incubation-centres-to-support-agric-entrepreneurs-design-bankable-projects/ http://theb4fa.org/new-incubation-centres-to-support-agric-entrepreneurs-design-bankable-projects/#respond Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:45:13 +0000 http://theb4fa.org/?p=17865 At least 20 youthful agribusiness entrepreneurs will be coached on designing bankable projects in incubation center to be set up at every district across the country.

With 30 districts, it means at least 600 young entrepreneurs in agribusiness will be mentored and coached to design the projects in a period of ...

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]]> http://theb4fa.org/new-incubation-centres-to-support-agric-entrepreneurs-design-bankable-projects/feed/ 0 Revolutionary technologies will drive African prosperity – this is why http://theb4fa.org/revolutionary-technologies-will-drive-african-prosperity-this-is-why/ http://theb4fa.org/revolutionary-technologies-will-drive-african-prosperity-this-is-why/#respond Mon, 02 Sep 2019 10:28:52 +0000 http://theb4fa.org/?p=17792 Right now, we’re at a tipping point in Africa’s development. We’re hurtling headlong into the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), which has the potential to turbocharge the socio-economic development of the entire African continent. We’ve got the youngest continent in the world, with 60% of Africa’s 1.25 billion people under the age ...

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]]> http://theb4fa.org/revolutionary-technologies-will-drive-african-prosperity-this-is-why/feed/ 0 Farming in the digital age http://theb4fa.org/farming-in-the-digital-age/ http://theb4fa.org/farming-in-the-digital-age/#respond Fri, 23 Aug 2019 16:34:08 +0000 http://theb4fa.org/?p=17763 We need more young Africans to farm. Let’s give them the tools to do so, writes Michael Hailu, director of the Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Development (CTA). Read more … ...

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]]> http://theb4fa.org/farming-in-the-digital-age/feed/ 0 E-learning education conference looks to unlock Africa’s future http://theb4fa.org/e-learning-education-conference-looks-to-unlock-africas-future/ http://theb4fa.org/e-learning-education-conference-looks-to-unlock-africas-future/#respond Fri, 16 Aug 2019 09:31:25 +0000 http://theb4fa.org/?p=17709 eLearning Africa, an annual pan-African conference dedicated to examining the potential for using new communications technology to spread educational opportunity, is now in its 14th year.

Since the conference, which visits a different African capital each year, was first held in Addis Ababa in 2006, technology assisted learning has expanded and ...

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]]> http://theb4fa.org/e-learning-education-conference-looks-to-unlock-africas-future/feed/ 0 OFAB Nigeria takes biotechnology awareness to schools http://theb4fa.org/ofab-nigeria-takes-biotechnology-awareness-to-schools/ http://theb4fa.org/ofab-nigeria-takes-biotechnology-awareness-to-schools/#respond Thu, 15 Aug 2019 10:26:55 +0000 http://theb4fa.org/?p=17706 The Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) Nigeria chapter has stepped up its efforts to raise awareness and appreciation on agricultural biotechnology by rolling out a biotechnology awareness program in Nigerian schools.

OFAB inaugurated the first Biotechnology and Biosafety Club (BBClub) in Nigeria where students irrespective of age can be brought together and ...

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]]> http://theb4fa.org/ofab-nigeria-takes-biotechnology-awareness-to-schools/feed/ 0 When you decide to become a farmer http://theb4fa.org/when-you-decide-to-become-a-farmer/ http://theb4fa.org/when-you-decide-to-become-a-farmer/#respond Tue, 06 Aug 2019 10:54:11 +0000 http://theb4fa.org/?p=17680 B4FA Fellow Michael Ssali writes:

Some people become farmers in their early youth and many others begin later, after years of formal employment. 

However there are important considerations to make before making the decision to go into farming. You have to be certain about what you want to do — it could ...

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]]> http://theb4fa.org/when-you-decide-to-become-a-farmer/feed/ 0 Seychelles Institute of Technology (SIT) named as Africa’s best Innovation Hub http://theb4fa.org/seychelles-institute-of-technology-sit-named-as-africas-best-innovation-hub/ http://theb4fa.org/seychelles-institute-of-technology-sit-named-as-africas-best-innovation-hub/#respond Wed, 24 Jul 2019 10:46:46 +0000 http://theb4fa.org/?p=17655 The Seychelles Institute of Technology (SIT) has been named by UNESCO – UNEVO as Africa’s top innovation hubs and one of the world’s 10 innovative technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions.

The SIT which was founded in 2015 seeks to be a premier professional centre providing high quality technical ...

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