YOUTH FARM (Y-FARM) CAMPAIGN
…establishing and promoting 10,000 Youth-led
Farms across Nigeria by 2020
Youth Farm (Y-Farm) Project is a brainchild of Fresh & Young Brains
Development Initiative which is a follow up action on the GROW Champions project
implemented in partnership with OXFAM, Trust Africa and VFS with technical
support from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture.
The project came as a result of recommendations from the Youth and women
in Agribusiness online advocacy platform, National Youth Manifesto on Agric and
the Weekly GROW Tweet Series
The Y-Farm Campaign adopts
a two-pronged approach of promoting youth-led farms and the benefits of farming
for sustainable livelihoods. The campaign is focused on amplifying youth voice (especially young
farmers’ voice) to promote Sustainable Agriculture among the younger generation.
Campaign
Goal
To
promote a youth-led agribusiness society, reduce poverty and increase active
youth participation in sustainable agriculture by 2020.
Campaign
Objectives
1. To provide a unique platform to support and integrate youth
into the Nation’s Youth Employment in Agriculture Programme (YEAP) and
Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA)
2. To advocate for increased public investments in small scale
Agriculture for youth
3. To promote mentoring and business opportunities for young
farmers and agropreneurs
4. To create a platform to enable youth and stakeholders to
appreciate the role of Agriculture in rebuilding the Nation
5. To document sustainable farm practices, challenges and
recommendations from youth-led farms
6. To celebrate youth in Agriculture translated into
specific proposals and recommendations to governments and development partners
at the end of this campaign.
Core
Strategic Aims
1. Promote
creativity, leadership and agricultural entrepreneurship among Nigerian youth
2. Research and
documentation on best practices, use findings to proactively engage with policy
and decision makers in the agricultural sector
3. Provide
networking and business opportunities for young farmers and other youth in
agriculture through exchange programme, internships, festival, volunteerism and
mentorship programmes
Key Features
Pilot Project: Gavicky Farm adopted as YFarm
Pilot Farm
YFarm Award (Application Deadline: June 30,
2014)
Advocacy Visits to Personalities to
provide their farms for Y-Farminternships,mentoring, access to technical and financial support to young
farmers
Bank loan for young female farmers in savings &
credit groups in 12 states (Nigeria)
Profiling on Yfarm Social Media Platforms http://yfarmcampaign.blogspot.com/
Y-Farm Toolkit to guide young farmers on
sustainable farming
Volunteer Agricultural Extension Trainings and
Service Projects
Farm Documentaries, Interviews and Media Chats
on Radio and TV
Social Media: Weekly Twitter Series (every
Wednesday from 11am – 12pm using #YFarm, #GROWversation, @fbinaija,
@fbinaija1), Live streaming, Youtube upload, Facebook
Y-FARM Education Mobile Application to provide
farm education to youth
Youth Agric Festival (August 12, 2014)
featuring Farm & Food Contests, Marketplaces, Mentoring and Exchange Booths
Campaign Ambassadors: identify and celebrate
young farmers, celebrities, individuals and organizations that support youth in
agric
Key Campaign Activities
1. Launch of the
Campaign in Nigeria during the First National Stakeholders Meeting on April 2nd, 2014
2. Advocacy Visits to 100 Personalities to provide their farms for Y-Farm internships, mentoring,
access to technical and financial support to young farmers
3. Y-Farm Toolkit to guide young farmers on sustainable farming
4. Volunteer Agricultural Extension Trainings and Service Projects
5. Farm Documentaries,
Interviews and Media Chats on Radio and TV
6. Social Media: Weekly
Twitter Series (every Wednesday from 11am – 12pm using #YFarm, #GROWversation,
@fbinaija, @fbinaija1), Live streaming, Youtube upload, Facebook
7. Y-FARM Education Mobile
Application to provide farm education to youth
8. Youth Agric Festival
(August 12, 2014) featuring Farm & Food Contests, Marketplaces, Mentoring
and Exchange Booths
9. Campaign Ambassadors:
identify and celebrate young farmers, celebrities, individuals and
organizations that support youth in agriculture
ABOUT CAMPAIGN INITIATOR
Fresh & Young Brains Development Initiative (FBI Nigeria)
was founded on November 27th 2008 and is registered with the Corporate Affairs
Commission of Nigeria as a non-political, non-profit making and
non-governmental organization. We aim to stimulate positive change, promote
social responsibility, Agriculture & sustainable livelihoods, environmental
sustainability and a spirit of volunteerism in our society as well as
facilitate intergenerational relationship. We develop appropriate Behaviour Change
Communication materials used in advocating for value re-orientation and active
participation in community development. www.freshbrainsinitiativeng.org
STAKEHOLDERS/ALLIES
1.
ACTIVISTA
2.
ACTIONAID
3.
AFRICAN YOUTH INITIATIVE
ON CLIMATE CHANGE (AYICC)
4.
AFYIDEF
5.
AIDE
6.
ALEXIJAN CONSULTS
7.
BAE GLOBAL
8.
BEN TV
9.
CARREFOUR NIG. LTD
10. CEDSI
NIGERIA
11. CEED
12. CENTRE
LSD
13. CHRUNCHY
CHOPS LTD
14. CODE
15. COMMUNICATY
LIFE PROJECT
16. CPALD
ABUJA
17. DAVID
MARK BONAVENTURE INITIATIVE
18. DEVNOVATE
19. DIRECORATE
FOR TECHNICAL CORPORATION IN AFRICA
20. DYNAMIC
WOMEN
21. ECOWAS
COMMISSION, NIGERIA
22. ENOHILZ
NIGERIA LTD
23. FARMERS
CHRONICLE
24. FEDERAL
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
25. FEDERAL
MINISTRY OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
26. FOOD
AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION (FAO) NIGERIA
27. GALAXY
TV
28. GAVICKY
FARMS
29. GLOBAL
PEACE FOUNDATION
30. GRICK-IT
31. GUARDIAN
NEWSPAPER
32. HEINRICH
BOLL FOUNDATION
33. ICAD
34. IMPACT
AGRICULTURE PROJECT
35. INTERNATIONAL
FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
36. KARABOW
37. KITTYS
CONFECTIONAIRES
38. LEDSI-NYERI
39. NATIONAL
AGRIC FOUNDATION OF NIGERIA
40. NIGERIAN
AGRIC INSURANCE CORPORATION
41. NETWORK
OF AFRICAN YOUTH FOR DEVELOPMENT
42. NETWORK
OF YOUTH FOR DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA
43. NEWS
AGENCY OF NIGERIA
44. NEWSAN
45. NIGERIA
AGRICULTURE SUMMIT GROUP, KADUNA
46. NIGERIAN
PILOT NEWSPAPER
47. NIWAASA
48. NYSC
49. OFFICE
OF SPECIAL ADVISER TO NIGERIAN PRESIDENT ON YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
50. OFFICE
OF THE SENIOR SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT ON YOUTH & STUDENT MATTERS
51. OFFICE
OF THE SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE PRESIDENT ON YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
52. OXFAM
NIGERIA
53. PEACE
FRONT NIGERIA
54. PPP
DIVISION AWARD
55. RACHVID
INVESTMENT LTD
56. RB
MAGAZINE
57. SAVE
THE CHILDREN, UK (NIGERIAN OFFICE)
58. SOUTH
SAHARAN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION
59. TPMS
NIGERIA LTD
60. UNDP
61. UNWOMEN
62. UPI
NIGERIA
63. VEINNET
64. VSO
65. VOICES
FOR FOOD SECURITY
66. WORLD
YOUTH PEACE ORGANISATION
67. YOUNG
MEN EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
68. YOUTHWASH NETWORK
(NIGERIA)
69.
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