Introduction
Youth agro-environmental Initiative is a non-political, non-profit organization, registered in Kenya by the ministry of Gender and Social Services .Youth agro-environmental Initiative recognizes the significance of agriculture in food security, poverty reduction,economic growth, and long-term environmental sustainability. Our organization therefore promotes profitable agriculture and environment conservation for employment creation, income generation, food security, and economic sustainability in Kenya. Our operations mainly targets young energetic Kenyans who for a long time have been notably absent from agriculture activities.The future of our economy is in the hands of the young people. Agriculture industry without the young people's energy, innovation and passion is doomed. The current impacts of climate change have caught up with us, making climate change mitigation and adaptation essential for sustainable development.Youth agro-environmental Initiative approaches also embraces multicultural and generational diversity. We strongly believe that people from both rural and urban settings and of all ages, ethnicity,gender and abilities must be involved in creating better agriculture and environment conservation systems.Ours is therefore largely a campaign to bring youth back to agriculture and environment conservation for sustainable economic development in Kenya.
Purpose
Our services
Youth agro-environmental Initiative is a non-political, non-profit organization, registered in Kenya by the ministry of Gender and Social Services .Youth agro-environmental Initiative recognizes the significance of agriculture in food security, poverty reduction,economic growth, and long-term environmental sustainability. Our organization therefore promotes profitable agriculture and environment conservation for employment creation, income generation, food security, and economic sustainability in Kenya. Our operations mainly targets young energetic Kenyans who for a long time have been notably absent from agriculture activities.The future of our economy is in the hands of the young people. Agriculture industry without the young people's energy, innovation and passion is doomed. The current impacts of climate change have caught up with us, making climate change mitigation and adaptation essential for sustainable development.Youth agro-environmental Initiative approaches also embraces multicultural and generational diversity. We strongly believe that people from both rural and urban settings and of all ages, ethnicity,gender and abilities must be involved in creating better agriculture and environment conservation systems.Ours is therefore largely a campaign to bring youth back to agriculture and environment conservation for sustainable economic development in Kenya.
Purpose
Young people are the future of
agriculture industry which is the steering wheel of our country's economy. Unemployment among the youth is rampant in Kenya as in many developing countries
leading to increased poverty in the rural and urban areas alike.Yet 75% of Kenyan
population is made up of young people below 30 years 0.33% of the population
consists of young people 15-30 years. 56% of criminals are youth aged 24-25 years.
Drug abuse among the young people has reached alarming proportions in the
country. Currently, the youth make up 33% of the Kenyans infected with HIV/AIDS.
Our services
- Agriculture consultancy
- Farm management
The young generation in Kenya earning a decent livelihood, from modern agriculture value chain activities.
Our Mission
To inform, educate and give skill to the young people in agriculture production, agribusiness, agriculture value chain development for market linkages,and environmental conservation for sustainability of agriculture industry.
Problems addressed
Problems addressed
- Youth unemployment and under employment
- Inadequate agriculture professionals
- Poor access to agriculture information among the young people
- Absence of the young energetic generation from
agriculture value chain activities
- poor returns from agriculture activities making the industry unattractive for the youth
- Poor market linkages for small scale farmers
- High levels of poverty among the young people and their communities
- High rate of youth involvement in drug and alcohol abuse as well as crime
- unsustainable environment management practices
Our Objectives
Our overall objective is to the harness young people's innovation, passion and energy and direct it towards profitable agriculture and environmental conservation for employment creation,food security and poverty reduction. This is in line with the aspirations of Kenya Vision 2030 and Milleniun Development Goals number 1 and 7 which aims to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger and ensure environmental sustainability respectively. Our specific objectives include:-
Our overall objective is to the harness young people's innovation, passion and energy and direct it towards profitable agriculture and environmental conservation for employment creation,food security and poverty reduction. This is in line with the aspirations of Kenya Vision 2030 and Milleniun Development Goals number 1 and 7 which aims to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger and ensure environmental sustainability respectively. Our specific objectives include:-
- To encourage involvement of the youth and agro-entrepreneurs in profitable agriculture for employment creation and livelihood improvement
- Encourage the youth to use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to acquire agriculture information and market their farm produce for efficiency
- To provide Technical information on modern agriculture technology
- Sensitize the youth on climate change adaptation and mitigation for sustainability
- Create awareness on drug and substance abuse among the young people
- Educate the youth on human development stages for better understanding of themselves.
Major Activities
Our organization is implementing various activities in partnership with other development agents with similar goals and objectives, particularly Community based organizations, the Government of Kenya, youth Groups, Self Help Groups and the community at large. Our activities include:-
Our organization is implementing various activities in partnership with other development agents with similar goals and objectives, particularly Community based organizations, the Government of Kenya, youth Groups, Self Help Groups and the community at large. Our activities include:-
- Mobilizing the young people to take up profitable farming activities and environment conservation using the internet and social media
- Training the young farmers on modern agriculture technology
- Training the young farmers in agriculture value chain development for market access.
- Sensitizing the community on environment conservation .
- Sensitization the community on drug and substance abuse among the youth in Kenya
- Improved access to agriculture information among the young people
- Increased involvement of young persons in agribusiness
- Adoption of diversified modern farming technologies
- Adoption of improved high yielding crop varieties and animal strains
- Household food security leading to national food security
- Poverty reduction among the young people and their communities
- Reduction of rural-urban migration of the youth in search of jobs
- Reduction of environmental degradation and climate change
- Reduction of drug , alcohol abuse and crime among the young people
- Email:yagrein@gmail.com
- Facebook: Kenyan youth in agriculture
- Website: http://yagrein.blogspot.com/
- Physical office:Farmers Store Mundoro Town, Kiambu County - Kenya
