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While more and more Nigerian youth are encouraged today with hopes of a profitable career in agriculture, there is little discussion about the challenges awaiting them if they do decide to hop in. From the very beginning, they face huge financial hurdles – the nation’s banks and financial houses are not likely to fund agri-projects […]

By Zaid Shopeju Zaid Shopeju will be sharing his success story at Youth: The future of sustainable landscapes to be held at the Global Landscapes Forum at 9am CET November 16, 2013. If you can’t make it to Warsaw, watch the event online at archive.globallandscapesforum.org/live-stream. I grew up in Surulere, Nigeria one of the densely […]

Avec une superficie estimée à 6700 Kilomètres carrés, Messamena est un des quatorze arrondissements du département du Haut-Nyong, région de l’Est du Cameroun. Cette localité se trouve à 200 kilomètres de Yaoundé (via Akonolinga). Elle est reliée à la capitale Yaoundé par une route en partie bitumée (114 kilomètres) d’une part ; et carrossable (86 […]

Unemployment and poverty are some of the major challenges facing today’s youth.   As a substantial number of youth live in rural areas, agriculture becomes a significant sector that provides access to employment and food. The situation is evident in Sub-Saharan Africa, where more than half of population, mainly youth -today and in the future- will […]

Currently the polls are open for over 150 youth speakers from around the world to present their experiences at the Youth Session for the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF). This is in response to a call for submissions by the Young professional’s Platform for Agricultural Research and Development (YPARD) as they seek have greater youth involvement […]

BOGOR, Indonesia (5 November 2013) — As the U.N. climate talks in Warsaw approach, it’s time to take stock of the international development framework within which they are contextualized. Here, five key questions are considered: 1. The Background – who was calling for Sustainable Development Goals and why? In 2015, the anti-poverty targets and indicators […]