How youth agripreneurs contribute to food security and wealth creation

To fulfill the IITA Youth Agripreneurs’ (IYA) mandate to drive youth participation in agriculture for improved food systems and job creation, many beneficiaries of the various projects in the unit have continued to make significant contributions to agricultural productivity through their various enterprises.

In addition to training in the value chains of various commodities, including poultry, aquaculture, livestock, horticulture, cassava, maize, yam, and groundnuts, beneficiaries have also been supported to start or scale up their enterprises.

Many beneficiaries in over 17 countries have thriving enterprises in fish production and processing, cassava production and processing, livestock farming, poultry farming, and groundnut production and processing, among many others.

Since the program’s inception in 2012, success stories of young farmers strengthening food security and creating wealth through their businesses abound across the continent.

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