The Importance of food in our lives cannot be overlooked, it’s the nourishment for our bodies and lives. This year as the world celebrates International Youth Day 2021 under the theme Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health.
The Nkuze Youth Foundation is joining in the celebrations to celebrate young farmers in Kayabwe town who are contributing to food production through farming. The young farmers will be celebrated in a campaign dubbed “Youth for Farming.” The campaign aims to facilitate agriculture growth among youth by providing platforms for young farmers to be mentored and empowered.
The campaign will start in Kayabwe with 100 young farmers in the region, these farmers will receive hands-on training and mentorships in farming that will run for a period of six months in the year 2022.
The campaign is running in celebration of the 2021 International Youth Day theme of transforming food systems.
The International youth day is celebrated on the 12th of August annually across the globe and is used to celebrate youth voices, actions and initiatives as well as highlight the factors affecting youth engagements and contributions to global developments.
The 2021 global theme for the youth day as stated above is shining a light on the numerous youth innovations in transforming food systems and emphasising the importance of youth participation in transforming food systems. It’s in that light that the Nkuze Youth Foundation is running the “Youth for Farming” campaign to continue supporting and championing young farmers making a contribution to the transformation of food systems through agriculture, particularly farming.
The campaign will run under the foundation’s “Sustainable Agriculture program”, a program focusing on agricultural growth in the region and tailor maded for the foundation’s beneficiaries practicing farming. This program that focuses on the three components of sustainable agriculture helps young farmers adopt techniques and practices that promote sustainable agriculture for economic growth and development.
This particular campaign will focus on aspects of:
- Good farming practices
- Integrating technology in farming for increased productivity
- Agrobiodiversity
- Farm equipment use and management
100 young farmers will be selected from Mpigi district and these young farmers will go through mentioned training and mentorships for a period of six months. At the end of the campaign young farmers will receive certificates and farm equipment but above all they would have received knowledge and skills that will improve their farming practices and result in sustainable agriculture for growth and development. This campaign will cost $150 per person and we ask that you join us in helping these young farmers grow their farming for a greater global good.
