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| Family photo behind National Youth Council bureau |
Last june 29th, Young Cameroonian decided to meet in
national youth Council bureau to reflect on two issues: Are we making most for
youth issue in Agricultural Research for Development for Cameroon emergence by
2035? And are youths involved within the strategic policy for agriculture and
rural development? This consultation was facilitated by YPARD-Cameroon team. During
almost 3 hours, leaders of associations, young entrepreneurs in agriculture,
students discussed on various points registered in the agenda such as:
• Problems
faced by youths involved in agricultural research for development in Cameroon?
• Actions
that can enhance youth participation in agricultural research and development
in Cameroon
and the valorization of their results
• Potential
partners and sources of funding
The
reflection were oriented into three main workshop:
Workshop
1: The problems faced by young professionals involved in agricultural research
for Development in Cameroon
The aim
of this workshop was to discuss on the definition of agricultural research, development.
What is meant by young professional? What are the problems faced by young
professionals involved in agricultural research and development in Cameroon? Is
most being done to favour the
youths’ integration in the ARD in Cameroon?
Workshop
2: Conditions that favour the insertion, synergy and implication of youths in
strategic policy making in ARD
The aim
of this workshop was for the participants to suggest actions that can promote
youth involvement and the valorization of results issued from agricultural research
in order to improve population's well being in Cameroon.
Workshop
3: ARD Partners and Funding agencies
The aim
of this workshop was to answer to the following questions: What is a
partnership? Who can be a partner for an activity related to agriculture? How
to convince the partner? How to get funds? A partner is any person or
institution who is able to support financially, physically or technically an
idea or activity. The project must be realistic, reliable and viable to be
bankable. The one who initiates a project is the first partner of the project.
