By Dr Lindiwe Majele Sibanda *
Africa has a quarter of the world’s arable land but produces only a tenth of our food. On the eve of a pan-African conference on food security, Lindiwe Sibanda asks how African farmers can turn things round.
One week from now, 200 agricultural experts from across Africa and around the world will meet in Namibia at the annual regional food security policy dialogue of the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (Fanrpan) to discuss some of the most pressing issues facing the African continent.
One month from now, a UN summit will take place in New York to discuss the upcoming five-year deadline for achieving the millennium development goals (MDGs), the successes gained so far and the new priorities that must be supported.
However, in today’s world these discussions need not, and should not, be confined to those in Namibia or New York. This is why I am asking readers of this website to create their own dialogue here about the issues we are addressing and the potential solutions available. Read the rest of this entry »
In case you do not know, there is a gathering storm in Nigeria and young people are at the centre of the crusade for a better Nigeria.
A simple Google search will reveal a myriad of sources of information on the many things young people are doing to save their fatherland (motherland if you choose) from the cabal who run Nigeria as a family business and have inhibited the socio-economic growth natural of a country of diverse human, natural and material resources as Nigeria.
I am a supporter of the New Nigeria crusade shrouded in in many campaigns including:
# EnoughIsEnough
#LightupNigeria
We are creating a revolution to birth the Nigeria we deserve, the Nigeria of our dreams.
[16:03:03] *** YALDA West Africa added Kate ***
[16:03:28] *** YALDA West Africa added Olumide Idowu ***
[16:03:32] *** YALDA West Africa added ruchione ***
[16:03:36] *** YALDA West Africa added Adebola Adenuga ***
[16:03:59] YALDA West Africa: Hi All, Welcome to the YALDA West Africa Live Chat
[16:04:17] YALDA West Africa: If you are there please write something
[16:04:36] *** YALDA West Africa added oyebisius ***
[16:04:47] Kate: Hello, greetings from South Korea
[16:05:10] Adebola Adenuga: hallos
[16:05:14] Adebola Adenuga: Something
[16:05:20] Adebola Adenuga: U said i shld write something
[16:05:23] Adebola Adenuga: lol
[16:05:25] YALDA West Africa: Thanks Adebola
[16:05:36] Kate: hi
[16:05:52] Adebola Adenuga: U are welcome
[16:05:59] Adebola Adenuga: I leave in 30 mins though
[16:06:08] YALDA West Africa: Ok thanks….
[16:06:11] Adebola Adenuga: So wat are we discussing
[16:06:20] Adebola Adenuga: let me starting punching my keyboard
[16:06:47] *** Missed conference call. ***
[16:07:12] YALDA West Africa: We are writting, not calls please
[16:07:23] Adebola Adenuga: that waz buzzing
[16:07:36] Adebola Adenuga: since there is no Buzz button , i used that
[16:07:39] Kate: So What’s the topic
[16:08:04] Adebola Adenuga: What are u writing and deleting at the same time?
[16:08:33] YALDA West Africa: Youth: Making Sustainable Change Happen,
the Imperatives and Challenges
[16:09:06] Kate: West African Youth?
[16:09:08] YALDA West Africa: Seyi Oyebisi is lead speaker and he has 35 mins and thene we discuss
[16:09:42] YALDA West Africa: Kate, the event is only being anchored by the West Africa Arm of YALDA
[16:10:06] Kate: Just checking
[16:11:08] YALDA West Africa: Thats fine Kate
[16:11:47] YALDA West Africa: I am helping Seyi Oyebisi set up and while we are at that kindly visit his personal website at: www.Oyebisi.com for a brief about the lead speaker
[16:12:50] *** YALDA West Africa added Esther Olatunde ***
[16:13:00] YALDA West Africa: Esther welcome
[16:14:46] YALDA West Africa: Seyi sends his apologies for the delays, and I am hopeful we will sort his connection issues in a minute or two
[16:14:59] YALDA West Africa: 4:00 – 4:05: Opening Remarks (Moderator)
4:06-4:45: Keynote Paper: Youth Making Change Happen: The Imperatives and Challenges (Seyi Oyebisi)
4:46 -4:51: Q and A session (Moderator and Seyi)
4:52-5:00: Networking Session
[16:15:51] *** Missed conference call. ***
[16:16:38] Adebola Adenuga: y buzzing?
[16:16:57] YALDA West Africa: House rules: Nobody should use the dial button please
[16:17:42] Esther Olatunde: ok, sorry about that. didn’t knw abt d rules
[16:18:07] YALDA West Africa: It is ok Esther
[16:18:30] YALDA West Africa: We will follow this agnda
[16:18:32] YALDA West Africa: 4:00 – 4:05: Opening Remarks (Moderator)
4:06-4:45: Keynote Paper: Youth Making Change Happen: The Imperatives and Challenges (Seyi Oyebisi)
4:46 -4:51: Q and A session (Moderator and Seyi)
4:52-5:00: Networking Session Read the rest of this entry »
The theme of this year’s International Youth Day -Sustainability: Our Challenge. Our Future- is a global call to action for young men and women. Our world faces multiple interconnected crises with severe and far-reaching impacts that fall disproportionately on the young.
In 2007, for example, youth comprised 25 per cent of the world’s working age population yet accounted for 40 per cent of the unemployed. The global economic downturn means that, in the near term, youth unemployment will continue to climb. Unemployment rates tell only part of the story, especially for the vast majority of youth who live in developing countries. For them, informal, insecure and low-wage employment is the norm, not the exception. Read the rest of this entry »
In the midst of a series of unprecedented crises affecting the lives of young people all around the world, the theme for this year’s International Youth Day ‘Sustainability: our challenge, our future’ could not be more relevant.
Sustainability refers to three facets of life which are all affected by the current turmoil: the environment, society and the economy. We need urgently to reflect on the challenges they pose for youth. If we do not, their opportunities for development, secure livelihoods and social cohesion will be compromised. Read the rest of this entry »
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