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The IITA agripreneur movement: a dynamic approach to youth empowerment across Africa

dc.contributor.authorSanginga, N.
dc.contributor.authorAdenmosun, A.
dc.contributor.authorObaniyi, J.
dc.contributor.authorMulinganya, N.
dc.contributor.authorWoomer, P.
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-19T09:17:50Z
dc.date.available2023-10-19T09:17:50Z
dc.date.issued2023-08-29
dc.identifier.citationSanginga, N., Adenmosun, A., Obaniyi, J., Mulinganya, N. & Woomer, P. (2023). The IITA agripreneur movement: a dynamic approach to youth empowerment across Africa. Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education, 30(2): 6, 82-115.
dc.identifier.issn1077-0755
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/8290
dc.description.abstractThe Agripreneur Movement of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) allows youth to assume their rightful place in African agricultural transformation. It started as a single exploratory agribusiness incubation at IITA Headquarters in 2012, involving 37 youths. It has since grown to 10 countries through nine sponsoring organizations. We compiled the characteristics and outcomes of 40 Agripreneur projects between 2012 and 2021 to describe the movement’s growth. With time, the movement operated across 195 locations engaging 518 trainers within 493 training cohorts and 263 different learning enterprises. These efforts led to the training of 25,616 youth in modern agriculture and agribusiness, resulting in 1,661 modernized farms and 2,592 business start-ups. Of the learning enterprises, 38% involved crops, 32% involved agro-processing, and 30% involved animal husbandry, suggesting a sound balance in promoting agribusiness opportunities. About $38.5 million was directed toward the training and support of Agripreneurs between 2012 and 2021. We trace the origins of the Agripreneur Movement as isolated agribusiness incubations in Nigeria through its expansion to other countries and its adoption within the youth empowerment agendas of other development organizations, including the African Development Bank, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, and the Mastercard Foundation. In this way, the legion of youth working with and inspired by the IITA Agripreneur Movement makes major contributions to and secures their rightful place within a complex array of rural development opportunities. What must occur next is its mainstreaming across the vocational agriculture systems and developmental sovereign loans of African countries.
dc.description.sponsorshipAfrican Development Bank
dc.description.sponsorshipBill & Melinda Gates Foundation
dc.description.sponsorshipMastercard Foundation
dc.format.extent82-115
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectAgribusiness
dc.subjectIncubation
dc.subjectExperiential Learning
dc.subjectRural Development
dc.subjectYouth
dc.titleThe IITA agripreneur movement: a dynamic approach to youth empowerment across Africa
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionAfrica South of Sahara
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africa
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryCameroon
cg.coverage.countryDemocratic Republic of the Congo
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.countryRwanda
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.coverage.countryZambia
cg.coverage.hubHeadquarters and Western Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeSocial Science and Agribusiness
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR Single Centre
cg.iitasubjectAgribusiness
cg.iitasubjectCapacity Development
cg.iitasubjectFarming Systems
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectPolicies and Institutions
cg.journalJournal of International Agricultural and Extension Education
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.4148/2831-5960.1059
cg.futureupdate.requiredNo
cg.identifier.issue2: 6
cg.identifier.volume30
cg.contributor.acknowledgementsSeveral project officers and youth group leaders served as important key informants for this study including Cargele Masso (Cameroon); Prince Bobo, Esperance Balezi and Josanna Sanginga (DR Congo); Elizabeth Muema, Welissa Mulei and Lorraine Mutinda (Kenya); Cheick Diarra (Madagascar and Sudan); Rodrigue Obognon (Benin), Adedayo Adefioye, Silver Ahanonu, Bankole Akinyele, Ibironke Ifedayo, Sini Luwa and Dorcas Ogunwole (Nigeria); Veronica Kebwe (Tanzania); Becky Nakabugo (Uganda) and Consent Sibeso (Zambia). Eniola Olanrewaju of the IITA Youth in Agribusiness Unit assisted in data compilation. The cooperation of these individuals is greatly appreciated. Authors are grateful to the African Development Bank, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Mastercard Foundation for staff support to IITA while preparing this publication. Moreover, we acknowledge the legion of youth working with and inspired by the IITA Agripreneur Movement for their contributions to African agricultural transformation.


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