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3 REASONS WHY THE YOUTH NEED TO ENGAGE IN AGRICULTURE       Agriculture presents lots of opportunities and careers but young people increasingly shy away from its desiring careers, perceiving these careers as less prestigious and enumerative and thus engage in other activities they seem attractive. Below are 3 reasons why the youth should engage in agriculture. 1 . Agriculture Matters To The Future Of Development             Agriculture is one of the most effective poverty-fighting sectors in the world. The world is always counting on our farmers to produce nutritious food and improve the livelihood of a booming population. In recent times,the evolving of fake and dangerous food products such as plastic rice, plastic eggs, plastic vegetables among others have posed a great threat to the continuous existence of man. It is therefore important for the youth to engage more in agriculture to support, impro...

  4 WAYS TO ENGAGE THE YOUTH IN FARMING         In Africa, over 200million people are aged between 15 and 24, and this age group according to the African Economic Outlooks, is expected to double in number by 2045. Aside the youth considering agriculture to be a less prestigious and demeaning activity, low profitability, poor security of land tenure are just some reasons why the youth in rural areas especially, migrate to cities to look for jobs. Agriculture is one of the most important sectors and the youth is very much needed in that sector and below are 4 ways  to  engage the youth in agriculture. 1. Strengthen Higher Education In Agriculture.                     Relatively few students choose to study agriculture and it is important to teach them more than there is already in their syllabus. Taught materials need to linked to advances in te...