Youth Inclusion Specialist, Agriculture, Abuja, Nigeria

The 2SCALE program ( www.2scale.org) is designed to incubate and accelerate inclusive business development in African agri-food systems. 2SCALE works together with companies (African, Dutch, and other small and medium-sized enterprises - SMEs) and Producer Organizations (POs) to develop business and partnership models that promote inclusiveness, develop competitive edge, and have potential for scaling. These partnerships, also referred to as public-private partnerships (PPPs), are the core implementation modality to achieve the objectives of the program.

2SCALE is co-funded by the private sector and by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS). Building on a first phase (2012-18), the current phase of 2SCALE runs from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2023. It is awarded to a consortium led by the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) and comprising the Base-of-the-Pyramid Innovation Center (BoPInc) and the Netherlands Development Organization (SNV).

Youth Inclusion Strategy 2SCALE:

Overall, 2SCALE program targets 750,000 small holder farmer groups (50% of them women). In its Youth Terms of Inclusion specifically, 2SCALE aims at improved livelihoods of out of school youth through youth mainstreaming in 2SCALE partnerships for 300,000 youth (40% of 2SCALE target). As well, youth focused decent and profitable self-employment and entrepreneurship for 8,000 youth and 1,000 Micro and Small Enterprises (of the 8,000) established in off-farm businesses in agriculture value chains. This entails that part of the 8,000 youth will find informal employment in the 1,000 new youth led enterprises.