The Food, Agriculture and Natural
Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN),
in collaboration with the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural
Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) commissioned 6 Country
Case Studies (Malawi, Mauritius, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania
and Zimbabwe) in November 2011 on current and emerging youth policies
and initiatives with a special focus on links to Agriculture. The
announcement of these case studies was made during the Regional
Dialogue in September 2011,
where the theme of the conference was "Advocating for the active
engagement of the youth in the Agricultural Value-chain".
This year, the FANRPAN Annual High
Level Regional Food Security Policy Dialogue will be held from 3-7
September 2012 in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania with the theme "From Policy to Practice: Advocating for the
Active Engagement of Youth in Agriculture Value Chains", whereby
the 6 Country Case Studies conducted by youth representatives from
each of these countries will be synthesized into a Regional Report,
that will give a bird's eye view of the current situation, identify
gaps and better target interventions. The final report will be
presented at the Regional Dialogue in September 2012.
Prior to the FANRPAN 2012 Regional
Dialogue, a Twitter campaign will be run by each of the 6 young
consultants who conducted the Country Case Studies from 1st to 31st
August 2012 to engage youths and others who are interested in the
case-studies in discussions on Twitter.
In order to participate in the Twitter
campaign, you need to know the following:
The Twitter campaign will run for 4
weeks and each week, the focus will be on a specific topic, and hence
will have a specific Hashtag (#) described below:
Week 1 (1-7 Aug) - Topic: Youth
Perceptions on Agriculture - #youthagperc
Week 2 (8-14 Aug) - Topic: National
Policies as Key Drivers - #youthagpol
Week 3 (15-21 Aug) - Topic:
Institutions and Mechanisms for Youth Engagement - #youthageng
Week 4 (22-31 Aug) - Topic:
Opportunities for Youth in Agriculture - #youthagopp
(Source: YPARD)
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