13/08/2026
Throwing it back to a conversation that continues to matter.
When young people are represented in rooms where policy reforms, investments, and institutional arrangements are being shaped, the outcomes are stronger, more responsive to realities on the ground, more attuned to long-term resilience, and more likely to stand the test of time.
Meaningful youth representation is how we help ensure that the systems being built today work for the generation that will carry them forward.
That is why we were glad to bring a youth perspective to the National Stakeholder Validation Workshop on Ghana’s Agrifood Systems Transformation under the Kampala Declaration, convened by the International Food Policy Research Institute Ghana (IFPRI), the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, and AGRA.
Across two days, Youth Bridge Foundation, represented by our Climate Change and Health Officer, Emmanuella Kalari Manchaya, joined government, research, and civil society stakeholders to reflect on the reforms and investments shaping Ghana’s agrifood future. We contributed to conversations on productivity, resilience, inclusivity, nutrition, sustainability, and accountability.
Agriculture and food systems remain a priority area for YBF, and our participation in spaces like this reflects our commitment to ensuring young people are not only beneficiaries of these systems, but active contributors to how they are designed and transformed.
Because the future of agrifood systems cannot be designed without the generation that will live, work, innovate, and lead within them.
