African youth uninterested in agriculture as a profession
This emerged during a session at the World Economic Forum on Africa taking place in Durban this week.
“The average age of our small-scale farmers is 60 to 65 years. That’s retirement age for most people in this room,” said Birjup Patel from the Export Trading Group company during the session titled “Africa’s Food Paradox”.
Patel said that there was a stigma attached to farming as it was often viewed as a chore.
“The solution is to make them into entrepreneurs,” said Patel. That would involve giving young people access to finance, risk management tools, insurance and technology.
source: enca.com
