Young People Farming and Food Conference


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Post-conference synthesis – Young People, Farming and Food
April 27, 2012 / Young People Farming and Food Conference
These notes seek to synthesise understandings merging from the FAC/ISSER international conference Young People, Farming and Food, held in Accra, 19-21 March 2012 (see: https://www.future-agricultures.org/events/young-people-farming-a-food).

Youth conference newsletter: day 3
March 22, 2012 / Young People Farming and Food Conference
Newsletter from the third and final day of the Young People, Farming and Food Conference in Accra, 19-21 March 2012.

Youth Conference newsletter: day 2
March 21, 2012 / Young People Farming and Food Conference
Newsletter from the second day of the Young People, Farming and Food Conference in Accra, 19-21 March 2012.

Youth Conference newsletter: day 1
March 21, 2012 / Young People Farming and Food Conference
Newsletter from day 1 of the Young People, Farming and Food Conference in Accra, 19-21 March 2012.  

Nicholas Waitathu – turning worms into silky opportunities
March 7, 2012 / Young People Farming and Food Conference
Runner-up Nicholas Waitathu’s entry to our 2012 journalism competition on young people, agriculture and food.

Isabella E.C. Akinseye – agri-what – Nigerian youth and agriculture
March 7, 2012 / Young People Farming and Food Conference
Runner-up Isabella E.C. Akinseye’s entry to our 2012 journalism competition on young people, agriculture and food.

Vivian Nereah Atakos: Healthy Learning: Creating opportunities for experiential learning
March 7, 2012 / Young People Farming and Food Conference
Entry by Vivian Nereah Atakos, Communication and Information Officer, VVOB Kenya, to our 2012 journalism competition on young people, agriculture and food. This entry won second place in the competition.

James Karuga: Rural youth shatter the myth of farming as a poor man’s profession
March 7, 2012 / Young People Farming and Food Conference
Kenyan journalist James Karuga’s winning entry to our 2012 journalism competition on young people, farming and food.  

Media competition 2012 – Young People, Farming & Food (extended deadline)
February 17, 2012 / Young People Farming and Food Conference
Extended deadline: 23 February 2012. Details, entry instructions and terms and conditions for the journalism competition for the Young People, Farming and Food conference 2012.

Media competition 2012 – Young People, Farming & Food
January 20, 2012 / Young People Farming and Food Conference
Details, entry instructions and terms and conditions for the journalism competition for the Young People, Farming and Food conference 2012.

Forced Displacement and Youth Employment in the Aftermath of the Congo War
January 11, 2012 / Young People Farming and Food Conference
MICROCON Research Working Paper 38, January 2011 This paper tries to offer an indication of what it means to be young, displaced and looking for a job in a war-affected town of the Democratic Republic of Congo.  Starting off as