Youth, ICTs and Agriculture
Attracting the youth into Agriculture:
ICTs and value chain development are changing the perspective of farming in
Africa and
Latin America. From a back breaking, hardly remunerative, labour consuming task to a much more profitable and solid source of income.
This video illustrates a youth's ICT-enabled journey into profitable farming, based on the publication '
ICT4D Effects:
Youth, ICTs and Agriculture'.
Through the use of
ICT as a tool and driver for development and social change,
IICD continues to accelerate development by building capacities of farmers, entrepreneurs, teachers, students and health professionals, with a special focus on women and the youth. Most of them live in remote rural areas and are now using ICTs to access information, communicate and do their jobs more effectiv
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