Young Farmers Dance Challenge Awards

When COVID-19 broke out, many jobs were stopped, except food production, which could not be halted. Food is an essential service, and farmers and food producers kept working amid the threat of the virus. However, farmers are among the least recognized in this time of the pandemic, at times taken for granted despite their important responsibility of feeding the world.

Despite the lack of recognition, farmers continued their critical work, ensuring that food remained available to everyone. To highlight their invaluable contributions and to bring attention to their efforts, we turned to a creative and engaging approach. Through dancing, we challenged our young food heroes to show how small-scale farmers and food producers are helping recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and their contributions to preventing the spread of the virus.

The Young Farmers Dance Challenge is aimed at

Attracting young people to join Farmers’ Organizations
Building friendship and cooperation among young farmers
Raising awareness about young farmers’ contribution to preventing the spread of COVID-19 as well as their contribution to the recovery from the pandemic

Thirteen young farmers’ organizations affiliated with AFOSP-MTCP2 and APFP partner Farmers’ Organizations bravely took the challenge to show us what they got. Watch this video to see all the video entries in a nutshell:

Watch the full videos on:
YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtXDxoTN3R8aOO71_RMGLbTqfmnOmY-3S&si=-13owa713Ye9L9Gw

To determine the winners, we enlisted the expertise of Hubert Boirard from the International Fund for Agricultural Development and Laura Lorenzo from the World Rural Forum.

We are delighted to announce the recipients of the special awards: