Innovative action plan for youth employment in agriculture

On Thursday, September 20, 2012, over a hundred stakeholders in the agricultural sector converged in Abuja for a two-day workshop entitled Achieving Youth Employment in Agriculture for Nagropreneurs. This technical consultative workshop was held under the auspices of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development as a kick-starter of the Youth Employment in Agriculture Programme (YEAP), an offshoot of the Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA). ATA is part of the national presidential initiative and is aimed at working with state governments and the private sector to create one million jobs for youths across the agricultural value chain within the next three years.
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