As part of the work to attract and strengthen youth engagement in agricultural development, the consortium of the Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA), International Co-operative Alliance (ICA-AP), and the Pacific Farmer Organizations (PFO) will be conducting a five-day Young Farmers’ Camp and Agrilympics (YFCA) activity on August 12-16, 2024 in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. The project intends to contribute to creating an enabling environment and platform/ mechanism for the youth to continue to participate in agriculture. This activity aims to raise public awareness among youth that farming can be a fun and viable career, encourage agricultural cooperatives to engage their youth members in cooperative governance, highlight existing agricultural initiatives, inspire young farmers to develop innovative ideas, provide space for dialogue between mentors and young farmers, and catalyze the formation of a young farmers’ organization network in Asia and the Pacific.
WHO CAN REGISTER?
Participants must meet the following criteria:
- Age: Participants should be between 18 to 40 years old.
- Membership: Participants must be members of a cooperative/farmer organization/youth group, or any similar type of group or unit, and have been endorsed by their parent or umbrella organization.
- Engagement: Participants should be actively engaged in farming, fishing, herding, any other type of agricultural activity and/or an agri-based enterprise within their cooperative or organization.
- Endorsement: The endorsing organization should have an existing youth committee or mechanism for youth engagement.
- Language Proficiency: Participants should be able to speak and understand basic English.
- Gender Representation: For countries with more than one delegation, a gender-balanced representation must be ensured.
To know more about the activity and registration details, check the YCFA website here.