Expression of Interest for Agroecology Business Mentees
Have you been looking for business mentorship opportunities?
Are you a passionate and self-motivated change maker?
Are you willing to develop sustainable and scalable agroecological businesses?
Then, you are the right person to apply for this golden opportunity.
Youth in Agroecology and Business Learning Track Africa (YALTA), hosted and implemented by Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM Uganda), seeks to recruit and support young business entrepreneurs for a one-year Agroecology business mentorship trajectory. The trajectory is aimed at providing individual support through mentorship and coaching on topics regarding the application of agroecological principles for enhanced business growth with socio-economic and environmental benefits. This will be facilitated by seasoned and also passionate business mentors who are willing to walk the Agroecology business journey with youth to make their Agroecology business ideas/dreams a reality.
The see therefore; should be between the ages of 18-35, rural and urban, start-ups and progressive in the agri-food sector especially those involved in production, value addition, agro-input supply and agro-processing and agricultural services.
The trajectory will commence on June 1 2021- May 30 2022, for a period of 12 months (taking a total of 10 days off your time). If this is okay. Please fill this form, the deadline is May 14th, 2021.