Africa-Press – Tanzania. MORE than 120,000 young Tanzanians are directly benefiting from the government’s ‘Building a Better Tomorrow: a Youth and Women Initiative for Agribusiness (BBT – YIA) Programme,’ the Minister for Agriculture, Hussein Bashe has said.
The initiative aims to boost youth and women engagement in agribusiness for sustainable food systems and improved livelihoods across the country.
He said in the National Assembly yesterday that the government is implementing five projects under the Building a Better Tomorrow (BBT) programme, benefiting 120,111 young people.
He was responding to a question from Special Seats MP, Thea Ntara (CCM), who wanted to know how many students from intermediate colleges are participating in the BBT programmes.
Responding to the question, Bashe stated that the government is implementing five projects under the BBT programme, and 120,111 young people have directly benefited from the programme through the Ministry of Agriculture, the private sector and development partners.
Mr Bashe clarified that, within the Ministry of Agriculture and its institutions, the BBT programme has a total of 1,919 young people.
Among these, 1,558 young people are graduates of training from intermediate colleges, and 361 young people are university graduates.
According to the Minister, among the 1,558 young people who are graduates of intermediate colleges in the country, 210 young people are engaged in agriculture on large communal farms at Chinangali and Ndogowe located in Chamwino District, Dodoma.
He added that 1,348 young people are involved in the BBT – Extension Project, which focuses on providing extension services to farmers.
Of these, 740 young people are working with cotton crops, 500 with cashew nuts, and 108 with coffee.
BBT: a Youth and Women Initiative for Agribusiness (BBT – YIA), aims to promote Tanzanian youth and Women engagement in agribusiness for sustainable food systems and improved livelihoods.
BBT-YIA is a tool for contributing the attainment of the Agenda 10/30 that envisages to increasing the youth employment by 1.5 million and obtaining the growth rate of the agricultural sector by ten (10) percent by 2030.
The project development objective is to improve job creation, and food and nutrition security for youths in Tanzania.
BBT-YIA intends to inspire youth through implementation of a behaviour/ attitude changing communication strategy that would rebrand agriculture and make it more appealing to youth.
The programme championed by the Minister of Agriculture, Mr Bashe, aims to promote Tanzanian youth engagement in agribusiness for sustainable and improved livelihoods
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