IITA 2020 Agricultural Project Training For Young Nigerians

Published: 17 Nov 2020 2,302 views

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in collaboration with the Mastercard Foundation through the Young Africa Works Program, seeks to provide the required skills to secure dignified and fulfilling work for youth in agri-food value chains thereby, empowering them for self-employment and employment opportunities, applications are now being accepted from interested and qualified candidates.

The project is working with partners in various sectors; 

1. To strengthen agricultural training for young people
2. Provide youth particularly young women with skills needed to better compete for decent employment and develop their own successful businesses in agriculture and agro-processing,
3. Develop youth-sensitive loan and agribusiness support programs in collaboration with financial institutions that recognize the specialized needs of youth as agricultural borrowers.
4. Transition youth vocational training centres into youth agribusiness parks that offer workspace, experiential learning, opportunities and collective services to youth

IITA Agricultural Project Training

Application Deadline	December 12, 2020
Country to study	Nigeria
Type	Training
Sponsor	International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Gender	Men and Women

Benefits of IITA Agricultural Project Training

1. The Young Africa Works-IITA project is currently seeking applicants within Kaduna, Kano, and Lagos, to build their capacity to be trained and work within the supported value chain of rice, soybean, maize, cowpea, poultry, vegetable, mushroom, groundnut, fish and livestock.
2. The project and training will focus on; Entrepreneurial and Employment track Entrepreneurship Track.
3. The programme has identified several enterprises and successful agribusiness models attractive to youths. This will guide the intended beneficiaries to produce a bankable business plan at the end of this training track.
4. The Young Africa Works-IITA project has partnered with financial institution such as Sterling Bank, NIRSAL to facilitate access to sources of finance and credit.
5. Access to post-training support will be facilitated by the project.
6. Employment Track. The program is aware of the skills gap between youth and potential employers, as a result, this training aims to better match these two interests.
7. This will be conducted through commercial internships and mentorship in order to further advance skills development and find better jobs. Youth emerging from employment-track training are provided assistance to find decent jobs through professional placement services.

Requirements for IITA Agricultural Project Training

In order to be eligible to apply for the training, applicants must:

1. Aged 18 – 35 years
2. Must be ordinarily resident1 in the respective municipal area (and live within 5km radius of a cluster)
3. Must have attained at least Junior Secondary School 3 (JSS3) for entrepreneurship track & a diploma for employment track
4. Willingness to commit at least 6 weeks for the training
5. Must demonstrate passion for agriculture 
6. Interest in the project focus commodities
7. Must have access to a functional mobile phone 
8. Affiliation to a registered association is an added advantage

Application Deadline

December 12, 2020

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) on docs.google.com to apply