Findings and recommendations
In summary these were the findings
- Agricultural technologies should be tailored to optimize opportunities for young people — particularly rural young people — to maximize their on-farm activities and facilitate their entry into off-farm activities.
- To date, young people need a resourced space where they can share ideas and access mentorship.
- The dissemination of information through inappropriate channels, such as social media, is a barrier to the uptake of technologies at scale.
- Young people have unaddressed gaps in the skills required to operate agricultural technologies.
- Both adopters and innovators are constrained by inadequate accessible financial products to invest specifically in agricultural technologies — with respect to both ideation and uptake.
From the above findings it is clear that a number of solutions hinge on the holistic approach by various stakeholders. The following recommendations were made:-