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Adewale, Alleluyanatha and Gilberthe are just three of the 80 young African scholars that are tackling the business of agriculture through the innovativeness and freshness that comes with youth -- while obtaining their masters or doctoral degrees in the process.
He has long championed the idea that developing agriculture is key to addressing the urgent challenges of food insecurity, poverty and youth unemployment on the continent.
For her research topic she wants to understand if poultry egg production is a profitable and technically efficient venture for youth farmers, specifically assessing the impact of the Commercial Agriculture Development project (CADP).
Youth aged between 14 and 35 years make up 39 percent of Rwanda's population but, according to Gilberthe, many are not participating in agribusiness owing to limited agribusiness skills, lack of start-up capital, limited access to land, and information on agribusiness opportunities.
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) notes that Africa needs targeted interventions focused on making agriculture a viable employment option for Africa's youth who are held back from joining it by lack of land, credit, quality farm inputs, machinery and skills.
