Working towards a resilient environment through climate-smart agriculture
The African Development Bank launched a call for Proposals for CSO-led Sessions during the 2018 Civil Society Forum. The forum took place in Abidjan, from Monday, May 7th to Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 and revolved around the theme of 'AfDB and Civil Society -engaging in Accelerating Africa’s Industrialization'. Young people must be at the heart …
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We are happy to inform you all that the MoU between IAAS and CSAYN was signed on Monday, the 30th day of April, 2018 between Brussels(Belgium) and Yaounde(Cameroon). The International Association of Students in Agricultural and Related Sciences (IAAS) brings together students around the world that share similar dreams and ideals in agricultural and related …
In the third of the 'Youth In Agriculture' series, we meet Mr. Chonyui Bouldwin Duna, a professional Animal Production Technologist from Cameroon. He shares with us his educational background, agricultural activities, how he overcomes challenges and valuable insights on engaging African youths in agriculture.
The palm is calm: coconut trees are among the few tropical tree species not threatened by deforestation, but actually on the rise in terms of global coverage. Perhaps surprisingly, coconut trees nevertheless were the dominating theme of the recent deforestation conference hosted by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests. The conference, entitled ‚Working Across Sectors to …
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, specifically in South Kivu in Bukavu, New Day Afrika Youth Association, founded in 2015 has developed the project Initiation to Farming Practice' to encourage youth involvement in the agricultural sector. This project aims to improve students' knowledge by practicing channel in order to get them to become familiar with …
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CSAYN in February was able to engage in different programmes across the globe where we have different actions that was taken with the help of our partners and supports. We are very grateful to all young people/farmers around the world presently putting food on communities table with different initiatives. Below are the actions that was …
The 14th of November, 2017 technically served as the last day of the #COP23 conference for the Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network (CSAYN) delegates as most of them were scheduled to fly back to their respective countries on the 15th of November, 2017. The #COP23 was quite an eventful period for the four delegates; Abiy …
The Development and Climate Days was a side event that was held at the Kameha Grand Hotel in Bonn, Germany. Ms. Ilaria Firmian of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) had invited the Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network (CSAYN) delegation to take part in the session on Listening to Local Voices. The session began …
On the third day of CSAYN’s participation at COP23, we were on the panel for the UN System Side Event: ‘Climate action for food security: Harvesting adaptation and mitigation benefits in the land sector'. The key focus was “What particular support do young farmers need to increase action towards more risk-informed sustainable food production and …
CSAYN team participated in the COP23 SDSN Side-Event, entitled “Supporting youth-led innovation to confront climate change: Opportunities for action”. Ever since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement, a growing range of solutions-oriented initiatives have sought to provide support to youth-led innovations including those in business, charity, and education. …
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