The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) is inviting entries for Youth in Agriculture Blog Competition (YoBloCo Awards). The competition is being organized in association with FARA, Yam-Pukri, CAFAN, AYF, ANAFE, SPC/PAFPNET and within the framework of the ARDYIS initiative. The main purpose of the competition is to highlight various issues and challenges faced by young people engaged in agriculture in urban and rural areas.
Who Can Participate?
The YoBloCo Awards are open in two categories, individual category and institutional category.
– The “Individual category” is open to students in agricultural training courses, young farmers, journalists or other young people.
– The “Institutional category” is open to local or national
-> young farmers’ organizations;
-> young members of farmers’ organizations;
-> young members of any organization interested in agriculture.
For both categories, the young people participating must be between 18 to 35 years old (by 31 December 2011) and be nationals of ACP countries signatories of the Cotonou Agreement.
Selection Process
An online vote by internet users will be organized as part of the selection process. In addition, an international panel of judges composed of experts in ICT and agriculture will be set up to review pre-selected entries and declare winners.
Selection criteria
The main selection criteria are the following:
– Quality of language in posts
– Originality of posts/articles (most posts should be written by the entrant)
– Quality of analysis in the posts
– Frequency/Consistency of blogging
– Animation of the blog
– Presence of agriculture related content (especially since the launch of the contest for existing blogs)
– Overall technical quality of the blog
For the institutional category, additional criteria are:
– Presence of information on the organization’s activities;
– Presence of information in youth in agriculture issues.
Last date for submitting the entries is October 31, 2011, 6 PM GMT.
For more information and details, you can visit this link.
