Provide food security and sustainable agriculture and aquaculture knowledge, skills or technology to local farmers and food producers

ABUAD actively promotes food security and sustainable agriculture through two frees skill  development programs for local farmers and food producers.

Youth Employment in Agric-Business and Sustainable Agriculture (YEASA) scheme: ABUAD is currently home to the Youth Employment in Agric-Business and Sustainable Agriculture (YEASA) scheme, which is a three-year agricultural entrepreneurship and capacity development project, sponsored by the Africa Rice Centre, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). This transnational and innovative empowerment program provides free managerial, marketing, financial management and entrepreneurial training and skills for over 1,000 young local farmers and food producers (350 from Benin Republic and 650 from Nigeria).

The YEASA scheme is made possible by a $2,000,000 (Two million US dollars) through a collaborative application of (i) Afe Babalola University, (ii) The African Rice Center, Benin Republic, (iii) International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan and (iv) University of Abomey – Calavi, Benin Republic. The project runs between February 2019 and January 2022 and has already graduated 3 cohorts of young, technically smart and well trained agri-entrepreneurs. The Project Manager is Prof. Amos Onasanya of the Department of Chemical Sciences, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti.

Related links:

• Youth Employment in Agric-business and Sustainable Agriculture: www.yeasa.org https://youthagripreneurs.org/yeasa/
• YEASA-IFAD Project reports
  • 2019 Report
  • 2020 Report