Fred Junior MacCarthy started writing about farming in Grade 2. He starts his day at 6am, checking on plants and chickens. And after school, he does it all again. Fred joins us this morning to talk to about his first love, farming. #DStv403

This video describes the Integrated Country Approach, an FAO’s youth project in Uganda which provides strategic technical support to government of Uganda in developing youth inclusive National Policies and Strategies for Youth Employment in Agriculture. The project also supports evidence generation, dialogues and training. Through capacity building, the ability of youth is enhanced to advocate for themselves and to participate in productive agriculture The videos also explains the FAO-MAAIF model of using youth as champions and role models to inspire their peers to engage in agribusiness Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=FAOoftheUN Follow #UNFAO on social media! * Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/UNFAO * Google+ - https://plus.google.com/+UNFAO * Instagram - https://instagram.com/unfao/ * LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/fao * Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/faoknowledge © FAO: http://www.fao.org

Data for Development - The World Bank's Living Standards Measurement Study team on the road in Uganda. Talip Kilic and James Muwonge of the Uganda Bureau of Statistics explain why accurate data is so important to sustainable development, and how "Behind every data point is a human story."

Julius Maboloka is a 36-year-old farmer from Lesotho who is now supplying vegetables to large supermarket chains across Lesotho and neighboring South Africa. Julius, who inherited a passion for farming from his parents, started out farming in the open field and used to face challenges due to unreliable weather conditions and scarce water resources. He was eventually able to expand and sustain his business thanks to a grant from the Smallholder Agriculture Development Project (SADP). Through the SADP, which is supported by the World Bank, 55,000 farmers across four districts in Lesotho applied for and won public grants which have helped them increase their competitiveness and have better access to markets.

Nation in conversation travels to the south east city of Gauteng’s city of Gold where a young farmer, MbalI Nwoko farms on 14 hectares of land. Green Terrace a finalist in the 2017 Sage small business awards produces baby marrows, green beans and spinach in open fields and undercover.

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The African Farmers Association of South Africa has embarked on a program to showcase successful commercial farming by young black women. Such programs helps strengthen food security in the country. For more news, visit: sabcnews.com

Over in South Africa, more and more young people are joining the agricultural sector in large numbers. Dima-katso Se-khoto is one such example. The 34-year-old left a successful career in the financial industry to work as a farmer. She is one of a growing number of well educated, young South Africans who are interested in building a thriving agricultural business. Yolisa Njamela has that story on grassroots, tonight.