Teaching methods still do not provide the required innovative and practical agricultural skills set young farmers to need in agriculture. Schools gardens project prepares at least 500 students from 5 primary schools to become leaders who connect human activity to nature and have the values and skills to act effectively on that understanding and project will attract young farmers/students who are no longer interested in it as it is used as a punishment to them by changing mindset to it.
43% of young people are not interested in farming activities in Tanzania, this is the threat to global food security and economic development as the current status of agriculture in Tanzania is the existence of more aging population compared to the young population. Youth have energy and more business insight to aged people. This problem has deep-rooted from our education system where students punished for agricultural activities, hence they take it as punishment and aged people but not them.
MVIWATA Kilimanjaro organizes farmers' groups for farming activities as they support training and linkages to other stakeholders in the value chain. By using this model, the project aims at educating students to schools that agriculture is good and employment opportunity to consider even after school by supporting school gardens as they will decide what to be grown in their gardens.
More than 500 students will benefit from the expected project, hence they will be able to establish the community gardens in their homes as part of farming activities and to keep them engaged in agriculture. Also, the project will create future farmers who will employ themselves in agriculture and ensure global food security and economic development.
