Growing #youth unemployment, ageing farmers and declining crop yields mean engaging youth in #agriculture should be a priority.
Africa has the highest number of youth and the most fertile soils, the two combined could be a force to promote agriculture development.
#MkulimaYoung
Agriculture must always be a top priority, everybody always need food to exist, so as long as you’re willing to put in the hours and energy, there’s an opportunity for you in #agribusiness.
If #agriculture goes wrong, nothing else has a chance to go right.
#AgribusinessTalk254
Start dreaming again, start looking for new opportunities, start declaring God’s favor, start praying bold prayers. There is greatness in you, there are dreams in you, there are new levels, all they need is to be stirred up. #agribusinessTalk254#TuesdayMotivation#agriculture
Farming looks so easy when your plow is a pen & you are miles away from the fields.
Get to the farm, try it out & you will realize #farming like any other profession has it’s struggles.
Don’t get into #agriculture because you want to get rich in a season.
#AgribusinessTalk254
Agriculture is a great connector of lives, traditions and destinations. It grows, nurtures and heals. Without agriculture, we have no community and without community, there is no culture.
Connect us with and let’s better agriculture together. #AgTech#Agriculture#AgriTech
#ClimateFinance4Ag regional workshop will discuss opportunities and challenges to improve finance for #agriculture in the implementation of #NDCs in the Eastern and Southern Africa region
Mark your calendars 🗓️ for 18-20 February 2020 and join the conversation!
Did you know that South Africa's farming economy is considered to be a dual one? This is because it offers well-developed commercial farming and also subsistence-based farming in more rural communities. People farm to feed their families, selling produce to make a small profit?
All of the 🌎’s challenges are interconnected – as are their solutions.
If we promote sustainable food and agricultural systems we will...
⬇️Reduce the number of poor and hungry
⛈️Help combat #climatechange
🌱Preserve our natural resources
👉https://t.co/mTwrvN2rVt
#SDGs
Did you know that 80% of the world's food is produced by #smallholder farmers? They are the ones bit hit first & hardest by the effects of #ClimateChange. 🌧🔥💨
Read what we are doing to support them: https://t.co/ayrIawWqWg #fundGAFSP
Supporting #agriculture can:
🌾 improve productivity & feed a growing population
💰 generate jobs & improve incomes
🎑 help farmers adapt to effects of climate change
✴ strengthen countries' ability to prevent & recover from crises
RT @FAOKnowledge : Climate change has both direct and indirect effects on ag, including changing rainfall patterns, drought, flooding and redistribution of pests and diseases.
Learn more about @FAO's work on #climatechange 👉 https://t.co/RH6pejaa1q
Planting trees is a major solution to the climate crisis, but it's only one part of the larger goal: decarbonizing the global economy! https://t.co/wuNjobCm64 @GlobalLF@Nature4Climate
Biodiversity plays a crucial role in human nutrition through its influence on world food production, as it ensures the sustainable productivity of soils and provides the genetic resources for all crops, livestock, and marine species harvested for food.