FAMILYFARMING APROJECTFORYOUNGPEOPLE

Youngpeople
Es#ma#ons:Youngpeople(between15and24years)will reach1.2billionin2050. Almost90%ofthemwillliveindevelopingcountriesand morethan80%willliveinAfricaorAsia. Today,theseyoungpeopleadduptomorethan17%ofthe worldspopula#on.

Youngpeople
Es#ma#ons:Youngpeople(between15and24years)will reach1.2billionin2050. Almost90%ofthemwillliveindevelopingcountriesand morethan80%willliveinAfricaorAsia. Today,theseyoungpeopleadduptomorethan17%ofthe worldspopula#on.

Youngruralpeople
InSouthernAsiaandsubSaharanAfrica,upto70%ofthe youngliveinruralareasandhalfoftheyoungpopula#on entersthelabourmarketthroughagriculturalac#vi#es. InLa#nAmerica,30.7millionareyoungruralpeopleaged between15and29. Just6%ofthefarmersoftheEuropeanUnionareagedbelow 35. Urbaniza#onwillgainground:e.g.9.3%oftotalgrowthof La#nAmericanpopula#onin2010:
urbansector:+11.5%,countryside:1.1%.

Migra#onassurvivalstrategyofyoungpeoplefacedwithrural abandonment.

Youngruralpeople
Inruralterritories,youngmenandwomenarenowadays beWertrainedwithgreaterconnec#ontotheoutsideworld. Frequentlycomeupagainstobstaclesthatpreventtheirfull economic,social,culturalandpoli#calpar#cipa#on. Historically,youngfarmershavenotbeenbenetedbypublic policiesforruraldevelopmentdrivenbygovernments
liWlevisibilityandpoli#calvalue

Today,however,theyareastrategicplayergiventheirpro developmentpoten#alandthecontribu#ontheycanmaketo produc#veinnova#on. Keyelement:Appropriateaccesstothebasicservices(land, educa#on,sanita#on,nancialservices,specialisedtechnical assistance).

Strengthsofyoungfarmers
YoungpeopleenjoybeWeraccesstoformaleduca#on. Havemoreaccesstoinforma#on. Seemtobemoresuitableforproduc#veinnova#on. Inthesmallproduc#onunitsthatinturnactasalearning context,youngpeopleemergeastheagentwiththegreatest poten#alforconstantlyadap#ngtheproduc#onstrategy. Poten#altoinnovatetradi#onalmethodsandproceduresfor cul#va#on. Genera#onalmediatorofhightechnologytransferwithinthe produc#onunitandthesocialnetworksinwhichthey par#cipate. Youngpeopletendtocreateawarenessandhaveapar#cular interestintheenvironment.

RuraleducaEon
Ruraleduca#onisoneofthefundamentalpillarsforequality, equalopportuni#esandforthegrowthofhumanbeings. Currentlynotappropriateinmostruralareas. Importanttoextendthecurriculumtoincludetopicsrelated tothecountryside,asawayofavoidinguproo#ngand migra#on. Mul#culturalaspectofruraleduca#onshouldbepar#cularly considered,emphasisingthecultureoftheoriginalvillages. Educa#onasmainwayofovercomingbothpovertyandits structuralcauses:lowproduc#vity,scarceaccessto technology,socioculturalmarginality,greatervulnerabilityof familiesintermsofhealth,theirchildrendroppingoutof educa#onetc.

SustainableagrarianpracEces
Youngfarmerspolicingtheenvironmentaremoretrainedin termsofunderstandingtheconsequencesofirresponsible handlingofnaturalresources.
Youngfarmersmustbeawareoftheimplementa5onof agreementsandregionaldecisionsthrougharegional controlpla8ormthatincludesdiscussingwateraspublic property,ques5onsofnaturalwealth,respec5ngknowledge andrightsfortradi5onalvillages,produc5onandmarke5ng oftransgeniccrops,vulnerabilityandadapta5ontoclimate change,useofalterna5veenergysources,protec5onof ecosystemsandcontrolofdeser5ca5onandrespectfor diversityoflife.
Youth Leadership Summit Latin America 2005

PoliEcalandsocialparEcipaEon
Makingsurethatyoungpeopleinthecountrysidepar#cipate inthedemocra#cprocessisaprioritytobeabletoassume fullandcommiWedci#zenship. Necessarytobuildpoli#caldialogueandspacefor par#cipa#on. Genera#onalreliefleadstoyouthorganisa#onsthatare stronger,moreresponsible,moreaware,inshort,more commiWed. Needofpublicpoliciesthatmeetthecomplexcharacteris#cs andreali#esofyoungpeopleinthecountryside.

Workinggroups
Createworkinggroupsbylenguage(English,Spanish,French). Workontherstmatrix:sociopoli#calcultural,economic, technological,environmentalsector(25min)
1.:ScenarioA:Worstcase. 2.:ScenarioB:Bestcase.

Presenta#onofScenarioBbyonerepresenta#veofthe respec#vegroup(15min) Workonthesecondmatrix:ProposalstoreachScenarioBby sector(40min)

Forwhat?
How? Who? Ra#ngoftheproposals.

ThankyouverymuchforyouraKenEon!