FARMKENYA INITIATIVE
Benedetta Nangila has diversified into rabbits to sustain her fodder business during covid.
Throughout 2020 and the myriad challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, supporting and working with young agribusiness entrepreneurs has been particularly pertinent.
To this end, the United States International University-Africa (USIU-A), through support provided by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research through their Cultivate Africa’s Future initiative, provides young agripreneurs, aged 18 to 35, with access to business training, finance and mentorship.
The programme, implemented by the USIU-A’s Global Agribusiness Management and Entrepreneurship (GAME) Centre, aims to enable youth develop and maintain resilient, job-creating enterprises.
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By Soko Directory Team / Published February 10, 2021 | 1:23 pm KEY POINTS
Youth (18-34 years) account for 29 percent of Kenya’s population and are significant to Kenya’s growth and transformation agenda.
Throughout 2020 and the myriad of challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, supporting and working with young agribusiness entrepreneurs has been particularly pertinent.
According to the Kenya Agribusiness Strategy (2017-2021), youth (18-34 years) account for 29 percent of Kenya’s population and are significant to Kenya’s growth and transformation agenda.
However,
70-80% of entrepreneurs fail within their first two years of business. With the disruption of agricultural value chains since the onset of the pandemic, USIU-A received additional funding from IDRC to better understand the factors that allow young people to be more resilient and to keep their agribusinesses afloat.