Youth Advocates Nigeria (YAN) has begun an aggressive move towards revolutionising agriculture in the country by removing the stigma of poverty associated with it. The visionary group of young professionals led by Aina Tolulope, an Agricultural Economics graduate of the University of Ibadan, converged in Ibadan, Oyo State, at the weekend, for a seminar on how to collaborate, synergise and harness the available resources in the agriculture sector, locally, nationally and internationally, to take the youth away from the dense labour market.
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YAN comprises enterprising farmers on fish, maize, lettuce, cassava among others.Entrepreneurs who gave motivational talks at the seminar include Olayinka Ayowole, an agronomist and CEO of Viyola Foods; Yinka Adesola, a practical organic farming entrepreneur; Abayomi Egbemode, CEO of Dipo Integrated Farms; Sam Ogbone, a bio-technologist and expert in modern soil-less farming; Oluwafemi Aliu, Babatunde Oladimeji, among others.
The youth group aims “to connect, equip and empower the next generation of agricultural change-makers to take collaborative and innovative action towards feeding the nation and the world.”