IITA Youth
Agripreneurs is partnering with HELLO TRACTOR to train young
Agripreneurs in Nigeria on the use of a ‘Smart Tractor’ designed by the company.
Application Timeline: Training
holds on 5th September, 2016
Training Date: September 2016
Field of Interest: ICT and
mechanization in agriculture
About the
Training/Award
The training which
will commence in September after the project launch in Abuja on Monday, July
18, will bridge the gap in the use of ICT and mechanization in
agriculture. The Hello Tractor project funded by USAID is
another self-developed proposal of IITA Youth Agripreneurs after the Community
Youth Agripreneurs project. The Hello Tractor which is a two year project will
give IYA the opportunity of providing training for 100 youths on the business
of owning, maintaining, utilizing and promoting services for a fleet of smart
tractors. IYA will also support the participants in facilitating formation of
individual and group-based enterprises to ensure more engagement of youth in
the agricultural sector.
Value of Training/Award
The training
workshop which will take place in three different regions: Ibadan Abuja, and
Kano will range from lectures, case studies, brainstorming, discussions, group
exercise, demonstrations, debates, and videos. Training contents for the
workshop will include curriculum, such as agribusiness value chain, use of ICT
in agribusiness, mechanization in agriculture, networking skills,
entrepreneurship, introduction to tractor and implement maintenance, business
management, risk management, organizational/administrative development,
business model/plan and marketing. . All these are expected to aid the youth in
sustaining a productive and competitive tractor agribusiness enterprise.
Eligibility
Applicant must meet
the following criteria.
i. Youth between age of 18-35
ii. Interested in practicing Agribusiness and developing the capacity of others.
iii. Educational Qualification(NCE, OND, HND, Bsc)
iv. Interested in owning and rendering services with Fleet of SMART tractors.
i. Youth between age of 18-35
ii. Interested in practicing Agribusiness and developing the capacity of others.
iii. Educational Qualification(NCE, OND, HND, Bsc)
iv. Interested in owning and rendering services with Fleet of SMART tractors.
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