Youth Economic Empowerment Through Agribusiness In Kenya (Vijabiz) - Synthesis of Activities and Outcomes

Ustadi and CTA have jointly implemented the project “Youth economic empowerment through agribusiness in Kenya (VijaBiz)” in the Nakuru and Kilifi counties in Kenya. The project aimed to create sustainable employment for rural youth through active engagement in agribusiness for wealth creation and po...

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Main Author: Lohento, Ken
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113643
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description Ustadi and CTA have jointly implemented the project “Youth economic empowerment through agribusiness in Kenya (VijaBiz)” in the Nakuru and Kilifi counties in Kenya. The project aimed to create sustainable employment for rural youth through active engagement in agribusiness for wealth creation and poverty reduction. More specifically, VijaBiz built entrepreneurship capacity for 163 youth agribusiness groups in cereals, dairy and fishery value chains in the Kilifi and Nakuru counties. The project facilitated the growth of youth-led enterprises through collaboration with innovative financial service providers, creating market linkages, integrating innovatively digital technologies and enhancing business management capacity. The project, funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), CTA and Ustadi through grant number 2000001651, started in June 2018 and ran until October 2020. This synthesis presents an overview of VijaBiz’s main activities, outcomes and impact. Most illustrative quotations have been taken from one of the project’s publications: “Growing rural youth agribusiness in Kenya – Stories and best practices of the VijaBiz project”, CTA, Wageningen, 2020.
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spelling CGSpace1136432024-01-03T11:44:25Z Youth Economic Empowerment Through Agribusiness In Kenya (Vijabiz) - Synthesis of Activities and Outcomes Lohento, Ken Ustadi and CTA have jointly implemented the project “Youth economic empowerment through agribusiness in Kenya (VijaBiz)” in the Nakuru and Kilifi counties in Kenya. The project aimed to create sustainable employment for rural youth through active engagement in agribusiness for wealth creation and poverty reduction. More specifically, VijaBiz built entrepreneurship capacity for 163 youth agribusiness groups in cereals, dairy and fishery value chains in the Kilifi and Nakuru counties. The project facilitated the growth of youth-led enterprises through collaboration with innovative financial service providers, creating market linkages, integrating innovatively digital technologies and enhancing business management capacity. The project, funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), CTA and Ustadi through grant number 2000001651, started in June 2018 and ran until October 2020. This synthesis presents an overview of VijaBiz’s main activities, outcomes and impact. Most illustrative quotations have been taken from one of the project’s publications: “Growing rural youth agribusiness in Kenya – Stories and best practices of the VijaBiz project”, CTA, Wageningen, 2020. 2021-04-01 2021-05-06T05:20:52Z 2021-05-06T05:20:52Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113643 en Open Access application/pdf Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation Lohento, K. 2021. Youth Economic Empowerment Through Agribusiness In Kenya (Vijabiz). Synthesis of Activities and Outcomes. Wageningen: CTA
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