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Youth

Sharing actionable knowledge helps to turn ideas into reality. CTA has seen powerful returns from bringing together young entrepreneurial thinkers and doers from all over Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific.

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Digitalisation

Smallholders in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific are seeing their horizons broaden, as access to technology brings digital applications to agriculture. In Uganda, a project supported by CTA, has forged a partnership with Igara Tea Factory to transform cultivation through digital innovation.

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Climate

A project known as MUIIS (Market-led, User-owned ICT4Ag-enabled Information Services), led by CTA, links farmers to satellite-based services that help them to increase crop yields.

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Invaluable knowledge acquired at CTA: My traineeship experience

by Marc Ghislain Bappa Se

Many institutions engaged in the agricultural and rural development sector across the globe invest in initiatives centred on youth and entrepreneurship. Few sponsor, support and train youth within their working environment, and foster the practical skills to help serve other organisations intervening within the agricultural development sector. For more than 10 years, CTA has specialised in incubating young professionals, scaling up their capacities and releasing valuable professionals with applicable abilities in the agricultural industry.

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The building blocks for better value chains

by Jaclyn Bolt

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Youth – the springboard for digital agribusiness in ACP countries

by Rose Funja and Mamy Ingabire

With youth accounting for an ever increasing share of Africa’s population, unmanned aerial system (UAS) technology offers scope for developing precision agriculture, while engaging young people in the critical challenge of producing more food. Rose Funja and Ingabire Muziga Mamy – who each run a drone company in East Africa – explain the potential of this technology for agriculture, and the support needed if youth are to become involved.

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Youth entrepreneurship for next generation agriculture

by Clare Pedrick

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Aggregating indigenous and scientific knowledge for better climate adaptation

by Olu Ajayi

Climate change poses a major threat to the food security of rural populations in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where the environment is already severe. The vulnerability of rural communities in the region is particularly acute due to their dependence on rain-fed agriculture and natural resources. To improve the adaptive capacity of farmers in SSA and help protect their livelihoods, it is essential that all of the climate information available is harnessed to help anticipate and respond to climate risks, such as drought or flooding.

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Mobilising funds and political will to prompt climate action

by Olu Ajayi

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