Millennials are transforming African farming
Farming has an image problem in large parts of Africa. For many people there, it’s synonymous with poverty. So it’s hardly surprising parents don’t want their children to end up working the land.
Things may be starting to change, though. A growing number of African millennials are working to dispel the notion that all educated young people should aspire to professional desk jobs.
The understanding that agriculture is key to the continent’s long-term economic viability and growth is prompting an increasing number of African university graduates to choose careers in farming.
The African Development Bank (ADB) says these millennials are a driving force for agricultural transformation in Africa – and it’s spending $350 million to support them with training, advice and technology.
They’re known as “agripreneurs”, and they’re showing that growing the food the continent’s 256 million undernourished people desperately need can be a rewarding career choice. READ MORE
2 Comments
by Corey
Eye opening report. We can take bull by horns and do for self, instead on waiting on direct foreign investors. New Zimbabwe president has been begging for foreign investors but none has come. Time for all Africans to wise up, use agriculture to prosper.
by Runa
Agriculture is way forward.
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