The involvement of young people in farming activities remains low. Taffs made the remarks during an exclusive interview with The Zimbabwean.
“One big problem we have is that the youths are not getting involved in agriculture. If young people don’t get involved in agriculture, in 10 years time, who is going to feed this country?” said Taffs.
Taffs implored the government to implement policies to guarantee security of tenure on agricultural land as a way of boosting confidence among stakeholders in the sector.
“There needs to be a policy shift and if there is a policy shift, the youths will actually turn to that as a career choice,” said Taffs.
Taffs expressed concern over the state of preparations for this year’s agricultural season and said the country was heading for “disaster”.
The spokesperson of youth empowerment group, Upfumi Kuvadiki, Alson Darikayi said youths should be supported through government policies to take centre stage in the agricultural sector.
“At present, youth involvement in agriculture is minimal. Deliberate strategies need to be put in place to ensure the youths get involved. Even under the Land Reform programme, very few youths benefited and this minimizes our participation in the agricultural sector,” said Darikayi.
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