IITA Agricultural Project Training For Young Nigerians 2020
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Applications are now Open for the International
Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Deadline: 12th
December, 2020
In May this year, the
International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in partnership with
Mastercard Foundation started the Young Africa Works-IITA Project. This project
is designed to advance agribusiness opportunity to over 40,000 Nigerian youths
especially women.
It focuses on providing skills development, decent employment and entrepreneurship opportunity for youth to secure dignified and fulfilling work in agri-food value chains for the next five years.
Project Details
The project is working with partners in various
sectors;
·
To strengthen agricultural training
for young people
·
Provide youth particularly young
women with skills needed to better compete for decent employment and develop
their own successful businesses in agriculture and agro-processing,
·
Develop youth-sensitive loan and
agribusiness support programs in collaboration with financial institutions that
recognize the specialized needs of youth as agricultural borrowers.
·
Transition youth vocational training
centres into youth agribusiness parks that offer workspace, experiential
learning, opportunities and collective services to youth
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Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible to apply for the
training, applicants must:
·
Be between 18 – 35 years
·
Must be ordinarily resident1 in the
respective municipal area (and live within 5km radius of a cluster)
·
Must have attained at least Junior
Secondary School 3 (JSS3) for entrepreneurship track & a diploma for
employment track
·
Willingness to commit at least 6
weeks for the training
·
Must demonstrate passion for
agriculture
·
Interest in the project focus
commodities
·
Must have access to a functional
mobile phone
·
Affiliation to a registered
association is an added advantage
Training Benefit
·
The Young Africa Works-IITA project
is currently seeking applicants within Kaduna, Kano, and Lagos, to build their
capacity to be trained and work within the supported value chain of rice,
soybean, maize, cowpea, poultry, vegetable, mushroom, groundnut, fish and
livestock.
·
The project and training will focus
on; Entrepreneurial and Employment track Entrepreneurship Track.
·
The programme has identified several
enterprises and successful agribusiness models attractive to youths. This will
guide the intended beneficiaries to produce a bankable business plan at the end
of this training track.
·
The Young Africa Works-IITA project
has partnered with financial institution such as Sterling Bank, NIRSAL to
facilitate access to sources of finance and credit.
·
Access to post-training support will
be facilitated by the project.
·
Employment Track. The program is
aware of the skills gap between youth and potential employers, as a result,
this training aims to better match these two interests.
·
This will be conducted through
commercial internships and mentorship in order to further advance skills
development and find better jobs. Youth emerging from employment-track training
are provided assistance to find decent jobs through professional placement
services.
Application
·
Applicants can apply online or pick
up forms at the different Locations.
a) Lagos State Agricultural Development
Authority, 371 Oko-Oba, Agege Motor Rd, Agege, Lagos
b)
IITA office, National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services
(NAERLS) office complex, Zaria Kaduna State.
c)
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Sabo Bakin Zuwo Road, Kano
State.
·
A follow-up interview may be
conducted for the final selection of beneficiaries to be considered for the
training. Contact us youngafricaworks-iita@cgiar.org
·
Application period: November 12th to
December 12th, 2020
To apply online, Click
here
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