This study was produced in the framework of activities of the Vijabiz project implemented by CTA and Ustadi Foundation in Kenya. It aimed at establishing rural youth groups’ access and use of different ICT and social media in their agribusiness activities. The study also sought to assess the gaps and barriers affecting the use of ICTs by rural youth in Kenya and provide recommendations. ICTs are considered as any digital technology that facilitates access to, processing
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This report that I co-authored (with Oluwabunmi Ajilore), on behalf of CTA, examines the role ICTs are playing in supporting youth engagement in agriculture in Africa, and explores the current status, usages and emerging trends. Furthermore, it highlights the key challenges and opportunities for youth in agriculture and makes recommendations to policy makers and other stakeholders on how to foster increased involvement of young people in the sector.
A key observation the report stresses is that young people using ICTs
…An article giving an account of a seminar that I co-facilitated. Source and authors at the end — Ken L
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On January 20, 2016 a seminar was organized on the topic of entrepreneurship and innovations in developing countries for young peoples’ involvement in farming. Participants were mid-career professionals from Africa and Asia as well as Netherlands-based professionals that were representing knowledge, policy and private institutes. Three presenters brought in ideas from the fields of information and communication technology (ICT),
…(Paper presented at the IAALD Chapter Conference 2012, Johannesburg, South Africa, 21-23 May 2012)
Summary:
Strengthening the involvement of youth in agriculture and addressing the challenges they face in embracing agricultural professional activities are pressing issues that determine the prosperity of that sector in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) regions (CTA, 2011). The new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can also play a pivotal role in that context (SPC-PAFPNet,
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