Kola Masha: How farming could employ Africa's young workforce -- and help build peace
کولا ماشا: چگونه کشاورزی میتواند نیروی کار جوان آفریقایی را شاغل کند -- و به ایجاد صلح کمک کند
Kola Masha is the founder of Babban Gona, the first for-profit social enterprise in history to be awarded the prestigious Skoll Award, due to its financial sustainability and highly scalable impact. The organization is part-owned by the farmers they serve. Full bio
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at the University of Sussex
محققان در دانشگاه ساسکس
in armed conflict.
مورد بررسی قرار دادهاند.
آتش را تشدید میکند،
باعث ایجاد ناامنی میشوند.
of getting a coveted job
died that day, applying for a job,
نیجریه مردند در حال درخواست شغل،
for a few thousand open positions.
خالی شغلی درخواست کردند.
have entered the Nigerian workforce alone.
به تنهایی وارد نیروی کار نیجریه شدهاند.
is under the age of 18.
in the next 20 years.
وارد بازار کار میشوند.
entering the workforce
وارد نیروی کار شوند
in northern Nigeria,
شمال نیجریه رفتم،
most recently hit
brutal bombings and searing poverty,
وحشیانه و گسترش فقر ضربه دیدند،
to halt the spread of this insecurity,
متوقف کردن گسترش ناامنیها بسازیم،
as a job-creation engine?
به عنوان یک موتور کارآفرینی؟
in countries like Thailand,
مانند تایلند انجام شده است،
the same economic challenges as us.
مشابه ما رنج میبردند.
two million cars a year --
۲ میلیون خودرو در سال --
profitable small farmers,
of less than one percent.
the productivity of its small farmers,
کشاورزان کوچک را ارتقا داد
to start to dominate
they attracted investment
آنها سرمایهها را جذب کردند
like starch from cassava.
مانند نشاسته کاساوا را صادر کنند.
with investment in education,
to even higher-value manufacturing.
تولیدات با ارزشتری کردند.
and follow a path similar to Thailand,
مشابه مسیری که تایلند رفته بود،
young farmers on farming.
مشغول به کار کنیم.
discussion, we'll call "Saminu,"
نام او را سامینو میگذاریم،
that this would not be easy.
in northern Nigeria.
در یک روستای کوچک زیبا بزرگ شد.
of playing for hours with his friends,
دوستانش تعریف میکرد،
the beautiful rock formations
he would leave.
work so hard as farmers,
که به سختی کشاورزی میکنند،
to pair with their hard work
تا در کنار کار سختشان
most of it at fire-sale prices,
زیر قیمت فروخت،
they could get 50 percent more.
میتوانست ۵۰ درصد بیشتر بفروشد.
به مقصد شهر ترک کرد،
that life was not easy.
more patches than tires,
would be ripped away from him,
و خرد شدهاش از او دور شود،
who were not so lucky --
اگرچه آنها خوش شانس نبودند --
once they'd lost their motorcycles,
موتورسیکلتشان را از دست داده بودند،
out to wreak vengeance
had turned its back on them.
جامعه به آنها پشت کرده است.
they joined insurgent groups,
عضو گروه شورشی شدند،
in bombings and kidnappings.
آدم رباییها را برعهده داشتند.
مناسب مطرح کنیم.
on their small farms,
کار بر روی زمینهای کوچکشان
to make a life for themselves;
زندگیشان بدست آوردند؛
has grassroot-level leadership,
رهبری در سطح مردمی است،
and investment to scale
و گسترش سرمایه گذاری
"great farm" in Hausa.
«مزرعه بزرگ» در هاوزا نامیدیم.
۱۰۰ عضو شجاع استخدام کنیم.
of our partners,
خدمت ارائه میکنیم،
and triple their net income
را دو برابر کنند و درآمدشان را سه برابر
to start a goat-rearing business,
تا پرورش بز را شروع کند،
are entering the African workforce,
وارد نیروی کار آفریقا خواهند شد.
having opportunities in agriculture.
فرصت فعالیت در زمینه کشاورزی دارند.
through models similar to ours,
با مدلی شبیه به کار ما،
a year in financing.
در سال نیاز دارند.
it is a small number --
تجاری تقسیم کنیم، مقدار کوچکی است --
in the world today,
agricultural development programs.
توسعه کشاورزی بسیار متفاوت است.
that our model works,
ما نشان دادیم که مدل ما کار میکند،
in small farmers in Africa.
در آفریقا سرمایه گذاری نمیکنند.
of young men across Africa,
که میلیونها جوان در آفریقا،
و بلند همت را میشناسم
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kola Masha - Agricultural leaderKola Masha is the founder of Babban Gona, the first for-profit social enterprise in history to be awarded the prestigious Skoll Award, due to its financial sustainability and highly scalable impact. The organization is part-owned by the farmers they serve.
Why you should listen
At Babban Gona, Kola Masha oversees Nigeria's largest corn producing enterprise through a program that franchises thousands of mini corn farmer cooperatives across northern Nigeria, increasing the profitability of the smallholder farmers by three times above the national average. This dramatic increase in net income is accomplished by delivering an integrated holistic package of training, farm inputs and marketing services, on credit. Babban Gona has been able to deliver this credit while maintaining one of the highest repayment rates in the world, currently above 99.9 percent. The project was created to attract youth to agriculture and away from the looming instability of extremist groups.
Prior to moving back home to Nigeria, Masha held multiple leadership roles in leading global organizations, including General Electric and Abiomed. Upon moving home to Nigeria, he gained extensive public and private sector experience as a Senior Advisor to the Nigerian Federal Minister of Agriculture and as CEO of a subsidiary of the Notore Group, one of the country's leading agricultural conglomerates.
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