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.
- Shortlisted Candidates will participate in a social media contest spanning two weeks.
- Shortlisted corps members will be contacted for an interview to defend their projects.
1st place – N1 Million.
2nd place – N500,000
3rd place – N250,000
Second Category: Students of Tertiary institutions
Project: Conceptualise 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
- 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.
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
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.
Note: 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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