{"id":272,"date":"2023-12-01T18:28:31","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T18:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rae.co.ug\/?page_id=272"},"modified":"2023-12-15T16:05:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T16:05:23","slug":"agricultural-business-innovations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rae.co.ug\/index.php\/agricultural-business-innovations\/","title":{"rendered":"Agricultural Business Innovations"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"272\" class=\"elementor elementor-272\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b40a676 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b40a676\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0792b0f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0792b0f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a6a7f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a6a7f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"344\" height=\"689\" src=\"https:\/\/rae.co.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/SchoolGardens.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1005\" alt=\"RAE_YouthGarden\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rae.co.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/SchoolGardens.png 344w, https:\/\/rae.co.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/SchoolGardens-150x300.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b71ddd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5b71ddd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e06004 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e06004\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why is Agriculture the focus of this Strategy?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fba8c3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8fba8c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0Agriculture being the mainstay of Uganda\u2019s rural economy means that sustainable economic development and decent employment and resultant livelihoods can be attained through promotion of well-designed, competitive and inclusive agricultural enterprises. This strategy applies especially in rural areas where residents derive their livelihoods from agriculture.\u00a0 The local rural economies in Uganda and neighbouring countries revolves around agriculture. Promotion of proven agricultural innovations are likely to mitigate the extreme hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition evident in these rural communities. Furthermore agri-business and entrepreneurship using digital technologies to aggregate and link to markets offer good scope to engage youth and women as this would reduce unemployment and revitalize rural economies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acae02f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"acae02f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebeeedb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ebeeedb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SKILLING THE YOUTH THROUGH SCHOOL GARDEN LEARNING LABS<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5aef478 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5aef478\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-033e5f2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"033e5f2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cc9d38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9cc9d38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"344\" height=\"689\" src=\"https:\/\/rae.co.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/SkillingtheYouth.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1000\" alt=\"RAE_School Gardens\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rae.co.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/SkillingtheYouth.png 344w, https:\/\/rae.co.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/SkillingtheYouth-150x300.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6f99e5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b6f99e5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-959ee8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"959ee8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why is Youth Employment and Community Advancement the focus of this\nStrategy?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d3baaa elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d3baaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Africa has the fastest growing population with the continent expected to&nbsp;<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 0.9375rem;\">constitute about 47% of the world population by 2050. Of that population, about&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 0.9375rem;\">70% will be youth (less than 35 years old). This mushrooming population is&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 0.9375rem;\">already posing significant challenges with the overwhelming majority of the&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 0.9375rem;\">youth (&gt;70%) being unemployed apart from increasing rural poverty and&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 0.9375rem;\">4&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 0.9375rem;\">contributing to environmental degradation. This is made worse because most of&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 0.9375rem;\">the rural areas in Africa remain underdeveloped, underserved and often&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 0.9375rem;\">marginalized. As such targeted interventions are needed to train and skill the&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 0.9375rem;\">youths so as to make them employable and job creators. Furthermore,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 0.9375rem;\">interventions ares needed to improve and increase livelihood opportunities for&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 0.9375rem;\">rural communities, including providing necessary safeguards especially for girl&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 0.9375rem;\">child, women and vulnerable communities. Hence, RAE will prioritize&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 0.9375rem;\">interventions that enhance youth skill development for job creation and&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 0.9375rem;\">employability while at the same time promoting safeguards for the target&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 0.9375rem;\">communities. 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