Usually they have a decent quality, homogeneous products, sometimes even traceable, but they lack good marketing skills; that's what Agriterra is providing, through Yorick Bruins Nicole Sloot to the Ugandan Agricultural coops.

Have you seen the lineup for the debate next week with African and European young farmers? Iris Bouwers Carola Schouten Marc Calon van LTO Nederland and @PhilHoganEU react to proposals for jobs&employment in #Africa, investments, climate, agricultural productivity AgriCord

Kick-off workshop Youth Participation is started Agriterra Ethiopia. Youth, board mamber and leaders of Seyemti and Gamo gofa union get a chance to speak out loud the vision of youth in their cooperatives. The best is yet come!👌

📅 Over the last 2 days, a delegation of CEJA’s young farmers, together with Vice President Iris Bouwers, has been attending the AgriCord Seminar in Rotterdam 🇳🇱, discussing the work of the #TaskForceRuralAfrica with Commissioner @PhilHoganEU and various stakeholders.

"Creating space for youth. " SMART action plans are developed with Seymti and Gamo gofa union clients of Agriterra. And celebration of action plans at the end👍

The Annual General Meeting of AgriCord/Agriterra on 15, 16 and 17 May 2019 in Rotterdam was a great success. We made a short movie which gives a good impression of the event. You can watch the movie here: youtu.be/DZGw9w-JujE

The participants of the General Assembly of Agricord were invited to spend one night at a real Dutch high-tech farm, e.g. in dairy, horticulture, flowers, potatoes in the area surrounding Rotterdam. A real agricultural experience! youtu.be/Kc_IcYPwzlY

West Africa aboard the Agriterra Youth Program Last Friday Agriterra's Business advisors in West Africa participated in an online training workshop on the Youth Program to address the challenge of youth inclusion in cooperatives. Special thank to Nicole Sloot Jean Marie Ntakirutimana

In Agriterra we believe the future of #cooperative good leadership is to develop #Youth, for the first time #youth_councils meeting organised with #mahanje and #Wino SACCOS. we expect achieve more. And this is result of #youth_kick_off_workshop

Lees nu de nieuwe editie van Agrimondiaal, die dit keer in het teken staat van coöperatieve samenwerking en waarin we enkele voorbeelden laten zien van successen uit de praktijk. bit.ly/2SrhpGV

Marco Schouten is appointed as the new CEO of Agriterra. He will succeed Kees Blokland, who will retire. “I see it as a great honour to follow in Kees Blokland’s footsteps, further shaping the future of a wonderful organisation like Agriterra.” agriterra.org/new-ceo/

A great day 1 for the TOT kick-off youth workshop in preparation for upcoming youth trainings in Africa and Asia facilitated by Nicole Sloot Jeske Jean Marie Ntakirutimana...Youth participation is key to sustainable future for agriculture and cooperatives

Agriterra #youth_kick_off workshop was organised to CRAFT East Africa clients in #Tanzania. Chairmans of youth Councils from our clients #Wino and #Mahanje _SACCOS were available as speakers on how to organise #youthcouncils and it's roles to #cooperatives.

It started with a football tournament, followed by a Kick-Off Workshop, the formation of a #youth council and different trainings. And now Abakundakawa cooperative #Rwanda is aiming high at the #coffee international market. agriterra.org/Abakundakawa/ #InternationalYouthday #IYD2021

#InternationalYouthDay2021 Read how Agriterra is supporting youths through the youth in Agribusiness program. Youth participation in agriculture and leadership is critical for sustainable development of agriculture and cooperatives. agriterrayouth.org

We would like to thank UNYFA for this initiative of farm succession and we are ready to work together especially with the cooperatives that we support - Ysakor Hailu, @AgriterraUG Country Director. #GenXUg #YouthInAgricUg

Thank you both of you for your contributions!I am impressed by energy of the participants in the room here! Youths are the solution of many issues that agriculture is still facing!Lets keep sharing success stories from different angles of the world.

With high avg age of farmers esp. in the cocoa sector in Ghana, youth involvement is a MUST for sustainable food systems. 3 clear plans to form youth councils for participation in cooperatives and job creation was achieved in a youth kick-off workshop by Agriterra.

Farm succession-Key to Preparing younger generations to succeed as the next operators of the land! FEATURED: Coffee farmers urged to adopt farm succession newtimes.co.rw/featured/coffe… via The New Times (Rwanda)

#CoöperatiePodcast aflevering 5: in gesprek over het belang van jongeren voor een coöperatie Jongeren zijn de toekomst van de coöperatie. Maar hoe betrek je hen actief bij de coöperatie? En wat zijn de voordelen voor de jongeren zelf? Ook luisteren?: open.spotify.com/episode/3VnEQp…