About Us
About Green Generation
Empowering hands for food security in Africa
The Green Generation” a non-profit research for development organization started its activities in 2011 focusing on training young students studying agriculture with farming skills in secondary schools.
It used a “catch them young” strategy to give hands-on skills in 4 major areas: school beautification, school gardens “growing vegetables”, soil protection, conservation
practices and soil restoration. These hands-on skills effectively contributed to the reduction in youth unemployment, environmental improvement and support youth involvement in agricultural production.
Vision
A leading organization inspiring and empowering hands for food security in Africa.
Key focus areas
- Capacity building of smallholder farmers in sustainable agricultural production, climate
smart technologies, higher productivity and lower losses - Fostering sound and up to-date agricultural education of youth in agriculture
- Brokering linkages within value chains through research for development to facilitate
income generation and reduces post-harvest losses in agriculture
Mission
- Foster sustainable development through intensive collaboration with young people interested in agriculture.
- Support and train smallholder farmers in climate smart technologies.
- Land resource management and agricultural entrepreneurship to contribute substantially to food security and livelihood improvement.
Our History
The Green Generation
The Year We Kicked Off
The green generation launched its activities in 2011 with a pilot program in 6 public schools in Lagos state to give hands on skills to young agricultural students and by 2014, had reached 20 schools in Lagos. This was done during their school club hours and skills were passed on to students, through growing vegetable gardens in a most conservative way. The gardens were fertilised in organic manure and protected from pests with moringa plants around the beds. Vegetables grown on their gardens ranged from Spinach (Efo), Pumpkin leaves, water leaves, lettuce, spring onions and ewedu (Corchorus Olitorius). The platform of green clubs and young farmers clubs depending on what the school had was used and an average of 20 students (boys and girls) in these clubs participated in the exercise.
Objectives
- Empowering smallholder farmers with necessary skills to ensure higher productivity to
meet higher consumption demand - Engaging Smallholder farmers (producer association) with linkages to industrial markets
to facilitate intensive local production and boost economic growth - Support research technology dissemination and communication among actors within the
value chain - Using innovation platforms to create direct interactions between value chain actors to
support progressive agribusiness development
Our Partners
