capacity building for youth in organic agriculture

Capacitybuildingforyouthinorganicagriculture:

ThecaseofEkoBiz projectinSplit,Croatia

Zrinka Filipović DermitYPARDCroatia

AssociationofOrganicFarmersofDalmatia–DalmacijaEKO

Why?50%ofarablelandisunused

35%averageunemploymentrateinrural

areas

Depopulationofislandsandhinterland

*Objective=developmentofentrepreneurialculture

How?

Motivation

StudytriptoItaly:bestpracticeexamples,conference,fair

*numberofgreat businessideas andnetworkamongparticipants

Education

15daysofdiverseeducativeprogram:

-agronomicaspectsoforganicproduction

-businessplanning

-developmentofprojectproposalsforEAFRDfunding

-globalmarketaspects(IFOAMOrganicsInternational)

*strenghtencapacityforalmost100youngpeople

Encouraging earlyentrepreneurialmindset„Projektoplovstvo”

10eco-elementaryschoolsandtheirpupilscooperatives=500

pupils

1highschool=50pupils

10kindergartens=300childrenandparents,10teachers

Results?

15projectsappliedforEAFRDfunding

ALLAPROVEDJ

EkoFjera- OrganicFairandBusinessForum

Future?

udrugaepd@gmail.com ypardcroatia@gmail.com