YAPA

The Youth Apprenticeship Programme in Agriculture (YAPA) , YAPA aims at providing the 18-25 year-old youth with the technological knowledge and skills of the business of agriculture. Participants will also be exposed to the opportunities and resources of the Ministry in assisting the young entrepreneur in setting up the enterprise in terms of availability of land, irrigation/drainage, market consideration, availability of finance and credit, access to road development etc.secanlyThe concept of the Youth Apprenticeship Programme is to place young people as interns in a range of successful private and public sector agriculture enterprises where they will be exposed to operations, practical skills and processes in these enterprises. They will also develop skills in farm management, production of crops and livestock as well as gain insights in creating successful agricultural enterprises