Africana Food Aid Foundation (AFAF) is a non governmental organization set up with an objective of motivation the youth to accept and appreciate farming and food production as a commercial venture, thereby taking up farming as a life time vocation. AFAF also provide productive alternative for the engagement of the youth and women to reduce crime and other social vices.
The development must include the youth and women and therefore the Federal Ministry of Agriculture via the federal government transformation agenda seeks to encourage youth participation in the agricultural sector. This effort seeks to change the negative perception the youth and women have in agriculture that farmers are uneducated, unskilled, physical labourers with extremely low economic return. Modern agriculture is more than tilling the soil and animals. The sector today offers career opportunities in research, environment, financial management, engineering and other technical areas for the youth and women to explore.
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