Group promises ten thousand youth leaders in agriculture by 2020

 As the youths in partnership with major stakeholders in both private and public sectors of Nigeria recently held the first National Youth Agric Festival, the President and Founder, Fresh Brain Development Initiative, Barrister Nkiruka Nnaemego has said that the event was intended to ensure the establishment of 10,000 youth leaders in agribusiness by 2020.

Barister Nnaemego pointed that Youth Farm project was launched with the aim of promoting a youth led agriculture society with expectancy to meet Africa’s goals of reducing unemployment and poverty, while increasing active youth participation in attainment of sustainable agriculture across the continent by 2020. 

 In his summation at the occasion, the Executive Director, Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN) Prof. Abubakar expressed concern over low appearance of youths at both farming and agricultural research saying that “farming has been left in the hands of the aged people and likewise agricultural research. With the role agriculture can play in development of an economy, there is a need for more sensitization, awareness and emphasis on the role of the youths in agricultural development”