youth agri-entrepreneurship - setting the scene by cta lohento

Youth

entrepreneurship

in agricultureSetting the scene

Ken LOHENTOProgram Coordinator

ARDYIS Project

CTA

CDI WUR market access short courses

Netherlands, 20 Jan 2016

CTA• Technical Centre for Agriculture and

Rural Cooperation (CTA) EU – ACP joint institution, 1983, based in Netherlands

• Mission advance food and nutritional security

increase prosperity

encourage sound natural resource management

• Via information and knowledge/ICT,

policy dialogue, strengthening capacity, developing value chains

Youth in agriculture

= cross-cutting issue

What do we mean by Entrepreneurship?

New good or quality thereof

New method of production

Opening of a new market

New source of supply/material

New organisation of industry

Entrepreneurship

(Schu

mp

eter, 19

34

)

Innovation

Risktaking

High GROWTH

Small business management

Specific needs for supporting entrepreneurship

Agro-entrepreneur

#

Exploitant agricole

Source:

Global Entrepreneurship

Index 2016

Youth bulge and unemployement imply need of entrepreneurship

• Young Africans are 3 times more likely than adultsto be unemployed

• 62% of Sub-saharan Africa are under 25

• Up to 60% of young people in developingcountries are either without work, not studying, or engaged in irregular employment (Jacqui Kew, GEM, 2015) – ILO rates lower consider specific variables.

• Many successful young agri-preneurs are not agricultural specialists

• USA: “99% of all employers are small business owners. -- 75% of the new jobs created every year -- responsible for 96% of all exported goods.” (in the USA)

• Rapid job creation comes from rapid growing companies (Global Entrepreneurship Index, 2016)

• The age range 25 – 34 is home to the highest entrepreneurial activity (GEI)

Importance of entrepreneurship and business for economies

Status of Youth entrepreneurial activities in Africa

Uganda =

country with the

highest youth

entrepreneurship

in Africa (but the

majority of these

businesses create few new

jobs)

(Source: Africa’s young

entrepreneurs…GEM,

IDRC, 2015)

Youth business and impacts on the livelihoods of the entrepreneur (2013)

Source: Jacqui K,

GEM, IDRC 2015

Source: Jacqui K,GEM, IDRC 2015Self unemployed are in the retail sector or SC

agriculture sector, with low sustainabilty

Gender business disparity

Source: Jacqui

K,GEM, IDRC

2015

Youth businesses by sector, GEM study

Source:

Jacqui

K,GEM,

IDRC 2015

• 73% of youth businesses indicated that they were using old technologies or procedures (that were available

more than five years ago)

• 65% of low growth businesses operators have only a primary school education, while 80% of those running high-growth businesses have completed higher education

Status of Youth entrepreneurial activities in Africa

Source: Jacqui K,GEM, IDRC 2015

Agribusiness opportunities in all agricultural value chain segments for youth

Source: Montpellier Panel Report, 2014

• Agribusiness training

• Social media for agribusiness

• Youth climate smart agribusiness project idea (FIJEV 2014+, with OIF, Gov Niger)

• E-discussion and publication (with AGRA, FAO/IFAD, etc.)

• Promoton of e-Agriculture entrepreneurship

• Entrepreneurial blog awarded by YoBloCo Awards

• Soon (2016):

A regional agribusiness WebTV in francophone Africa, to promote youth agribusiness (led by MediaProd in Burkina Faso)

Project on climate smart agriculture, agribusiness (Zambia)

Virtual youth agribusiness incubation platform in the Caribbean (IICA)

etc

Some CTA youth Agribusiness activities

Offering ICT/mobile services for Agriculture

CTA promotes e-Agriculture entrepreneurship

e.g. Ensibuuko offers mobile

financial services to more than 60 000 farmers in Uganda

Agri-entrepreneurship areas of challenges and solutions for youth

Education/Training (post secondary education,

vocational training)

Favorable agribusiness policies

Access to Land

ICT ,TechnologyAccess to finance

(crowdfunding, business angel, investors,, commodity exchange,

etc.)

Business support(ecosystem, incubation, etc.)

Source:

Global Entrepreneurship

Index 2016

Some key resources

• Unlocking the potential of Africa’s young entrepreneurs http://bit.ly/young-entrepreneurs-africa (Jacqui K, GEM, IDRC, 2015)

• Africa Agriculture Status Report – 2015: Youth in Agriculture in SSA (AGRA, 2015) http://www.agra.org/media-centre/news/africa-agriculture-status-report--2015-/

• Youth and Agriculture: Key Challenges and Concrete Solutions (CTA, FAO, IFAD, 2013) http://bit.ly/youth-CTA-FAO-IFAD

• CTA: http://www.cta.int

• CTA Youth in agriculture and ICT program (ARDYIS): http://www.facebook.com/ardyis - http://ardyis.cta.int

Thank you

lohento@cta.int

www.cta.int

www.facebook.com/ardyis