Indonesia

Spotlight: Training Youth for Careers in Farming

More than 1 million people live below the poverty line in East Nusa Tenggara province, and one-third of them are youth (age 15 to 34). Particularly in rural areas, there are limited economic opportunities for young people to pursue.

Through a pilot project implemented in the Flores district—an area with high intergenerational poverty, low education levels, and few income options—Yayasan Bina Tani Sejahtera (YBTS) is showing youth that farming can be a viable livelihood. With a focus on those living on less than US$1 per

2022 Results

8,510

Farmers Trained

449

DEMO PLOTS ESTABLISHED day, YBTS is intensively training young farmers on vegetable demonstration plots, providing consistent technical guidance through hands-on and theoretical training sessions, and teaching financial and business skills through business plan development.

The goal for the pilot is for participants to consistently earn US$5 a day through vegetable production. As this pilot project prepares to scale to new areas in Indonesia, these young farmers are achieving the income target and have acquired agricultural and business skills for continued career success.

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TRAINING EVENTS

AVERAGE NET PROFIT

US$ US$

483.68 per crop cycle, 500 sq. m. plot

HIGHEST NET PROFIT

824.62 TOMATO

AVERAGE NET PROFIT, per crop cycle, 500 sq. m. plot