The Nigeria Agriculture Awards Youth Project and Essay Competition is an initiative by AgroNigeria, aimed at raising a generation of agric-savvy youths with the wherewithal to trigger an agriculture revolution in Nigeria and ultimately economic emancipation for the country.
Its first series, sponsored by Triton Group last year attracted a sizeable number of youths from across the country, with winners awarded a total sum of two million, two hundred and fifty thousand naira. This year’s competition themed: “Birthing a New Crop of Agropreneurs” specifically targets youths in secondary schools, tertiary institutions and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), who will be awarded a total sum of four million naira.
First Category: National Youth Service Corps
Project: Conceptualize a project that solves a key problem in the agricultural sector, draw up a timeline for its completion and the likely impact it will have if implemented.
Guidelines for Eligibility
Stage One
Send an e-mail to kathy@agromagazine.net for Eligibility Card
After confirmation, send your entry, including full name, contact information, passport photograph and eligibility card to ask@agronigeria.com.ng
Must be an individual effort
Entry must be the original work of the corps member
Stage Two
Shortlisted Candidates will participate in a social media contest spanning two weeks.
Final Stage
Shortlisted corps members will be contacted for an interview to defend their projects.
Prizes:
1st place – N1 Million
2nd place – N500,000
3rd place – N250,000
Second Category: Students of Tertiary institutions
Project: Conceptualize a project that solves a key problem in the agricultural sector, draw up a timeline for its completion and the likely impact it will have if implemented.
Guidelines for Eligibility
Stage One
Send an e-mail to kathy@agromagazine.net for Eligibility Card
After confirmation, send your entry, including full name, contact information, passport photograph and eligibility card to ask@agronigeria.com.ng
Must be a team effort
Minimum of three persons in a team
Entry must be the original work of the team
Candidates may not be from the same institution.
Stage Two
Shortlisted Candidates will participate in a social media contest spanning two weeks.
Final Stage
Shortlisted teams will be contacted for an interview to defend their projects.
Prizes:
1st place – N1 Million
2nd place – N500,000
3rd place – N250,000
Third Category: Secondary School Students
Essay Topic: Imagine that you have just been elected Governor of your state; What critical agricultural policies would you implement.
Emphatic consideration should be given to:
a) Identification of key issues
b) Recognition of unique agro-characteristics of the State in point
c) Knowledge of the workings of the governance framework
Guidelines for Eligibility
Stage One
Send an e-mail to kathy@agromagazine.net for Eligibility Card
After confirmation, send your entry, including full name, contact information, passport photograph and eligibility card to ask@agronigeria.com.ng
Must be an individual effort
Entries should be at least 500 words and not more than 1000 words(Format: Microsoft Word Document, Font: Times New Roman, Font Size: 14)
Entry must be the original work of the candidate
Candidates are encouraged to be creative
Stage Two
Shortlisted Candidates will participate in a social media contest spanning two weeks.
Final Stage
Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview to defend their projects.
Entries will be disqualified if the shortlisted candidate fails to demonstrate a command of the content submitted.
Prizes:
1st place – N250, 000
2nd place – N150,000
3rd place – N100,000
Deadline for all Entries – June 5th, 2018.
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