MSME Revitalization Project An innovative approach to agribusiness training and start-up for Nigeria young people within the Young Africa Works Program (IITA)
Target Impact
The project is designed to advance agribusiness opportunities to over 16,000 Nigerian young women and men, focusing on skills development, decent employment, and entrepreneurship opportunities to secure work in agri-food value chains.
Accelerating youth-owned enterprises through agribusiness clusters and youth club networks; strengthening the education ecosystem by improving agriculture curriculum, training tools, and trainer capacities in secondary and vocational institutions.
Status: Active
Country
Nigeria
Period
2020 – 2025
Industries
Agriculture
Impact to Date
50k+
Over 50,000 young persons reached the project, with 50% of them being females.
15k+
Over 15,000 young people are empowered to gain dignified and fulfilling work, with 50% being female.
Partnership Focus
An innovative approach to agribusiness training and start-up for Nigeria’s young people within the Young Africa Works Program
Improving capacities of learning centres and strengthening the formation and functioning of youth agrihubs.
Delivering practical technical training in modern agriculture and agribusiness management along geographically relevant high-value chains
Equipping and supporting vocational training centres to transition into Youth Agribusiness Parks and Hubs
Collaborating with financial and other institutions to develop loan and agribusiness support programs relevant to young people.
Establishing a platform to coordinate collaborative activities and link to other relevant Young Africa Works activities.
In Partnership With
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is an award-winning research-for-development (R4D) not-for-profit institution that generates agricultural innovations to meet Africa’s most pressing hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and natural resource degradation challenges. Collaborating with various partners across sub-Saharan Africa, we improve livelihoods, enhance food and nutrition security, increase employment, and preserve natural resource integrity.
Since 1967, IITA has worked with international and national partners to improve livelihoods, enhance food and nutrition security, increase employment, and preserve natural resource integrity. IITA is a member of CGIAR, a global agriculture research partnership for a food-secure future.