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BBT Strategic Objectives

The overall objective of the program is to enhance Tanzanian youth engagement in agribusiness for sustainable and improved livelihoods. To achieve this overall objective, BBT program has five implementation pillars:

Inspiring (Inspire)

Inspiring (Inspire) youth to engage in agribusiness through effective
communication for changing their negative behavior and attitude toward agribusiness;

Empowering (Empower)

Empowering (Empbower) youth through practical and hands-on agribusiness and entrepreneurship skills development and access to new technologies.

Coordination (Coordinate)

Facilitating coordination (Coordinate) and monitoring (M&E) of youth agribusiness support projects for enhancing learning, partnerships/
synergy, and efficient and effective utilization of resources.

Engagement (Engage)

Enhancing the engagement (Engage) of youth in agribusiness through facilitating their access to productive resources, finance and markets;

Enabling (Enable)

Creating enabling (Enable) environment for nurturing the establishment and development of youth agribusiness;

The Program Design Focuses on Sustaining and Scaling-up Current Successes in youth projects and filling existing gaps with new initiatives

The attainment of the BBT-YIA objectives will further contribute to the achievement of the main goal of Agricultural Sector Development Program Phase II (ASDP II) which is to transform the agricultural sector (crops, livestock & fisheries) towards higher productivity, commercialization level and increase smallholder farmer income for improved livelihood and guarantee food and nutrition security [URT/MoA, 2017]. It will also contribute
toward achieving the aim of the Five-Year Development Plan 2021/22-2025/26, to accelerate inclusive economic growth through poverty reduction and social development strategies as well as productive capacity for youth [URT, 2021].

It will also contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) numbers 8.6, which intends to substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training by 2020 (SDGs number 8.6); the commitment of the African Union Member States which is to reduce youth and women’s unemployment by 2% annually [ILO, 2012]; and the achievement of two of the five AfDB high priority areas (the High 5s), i.e. feed Africa and improving the quality of life for the people of Africa [Adesina, no date].

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