Masimba and Gift take a short break from shelling
Masimba Mawire, 30, and Gift Chawara, 28, take a break from shelling and rest under a tree. The small car behind was bought by Chawara with his profits earned from the mechanization service business. Sub-Saharan African youth struggle with high unemployment and working poverty. Agriculture is perceived as a sector that can absorb much of the rising level of unemployment, particularly when combined with entrepreneurship. Mechanization is one of the ways youth can get ahead. Tired of the lack of profitable work in their rural community, the group of youths jumped on the opportunity to join a training event on agricultural mechanization, run by CIMMYT through the Farm Mechanization and Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Intensification (FACASI) project, supported by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).
Photo: Matthew O’Leary/CIMMYT
Masimba and Gift take a short break from shelling
Masimba Mawire, 30, and Gift Chawara, 28, take a break from shelling and rest under a tree. The small car behind was bought by Chawara with his profits earned from the mechanization service business. Sub-Saharan African youth struggle with high unemployment and working poverty. Agriculture is perceived as a sector that can absorb much of the rising level of unemployment, particularly when combined with entrepreneurship. Mechanization is one of the ways youth can get ahead. Tired of the lack of profitable work in their rural community, the group of youths jumped on the opportunity to join a training event on agricultural mechanization, run by CIMMYT through the Farm Mechanization and Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Intensification (FACASI) project, supported by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).
Photo: Matthew O’Leary/CIMMYT