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"Fully 38% of smallholder farmers are youth aged 16-34 years, according to a Comparative Analysis of Smallholder Farmers in Kenya, Zambia, and Tanzania conducted by AFA with Nathan Associates." 1/
"Young people are technologically engaged, but they need help migrating from the subsistence-style farming of their parents to a more productive approach to farming as a business." /2
"The review showed that young farmers face tighter time constraints than older adults and have greater difficulty accessing land, financing, practical skills, markets, inputs, and input-specific extension services." /3
"There are strategic opportunities for youth in agriculture w/rising education levels, preferences are shifting toward the production of high-value commodities that can be raised on minimal land, such as horticultural crops, poultry, rabbits, honey, zero-grazing dairy products"/4
"The young generation of smallholders wants to be connected, use technology to enhance productivity and profits; e.g accessing digital services to find best market prices, keep records, get information on new farming practices, technologies, or forms of pest or disease control"/5
Digital platforms that bundle services improve efficiencies, scale and impact /6 
Source :
Creating Impact and Scale For Young Farmers – What We’ve Learned
Digital solutions work for youth in agriculture. They are cost effective and can empower young farmers at scale, for impacts, and on their own terms.
mercycorpsafa.org/2018/12/15/cre…
Creating Impact and Scale For Young Farmers – What We’ve Learned
Digital solutions work for youth in agriculture. They are cost effective and can empower young farmers at scale, for impacts, and on their own terms.
mercycorpsafa.org/2018/12/15/cre…
Learnings from AFA’s research and experience offer these recommendations: /7
