YOUNG RURAL DEVELOPERS SUMMIT
Maiden Edition - YORDS 2020
November 13 & 14, 2020 - Ibadan, Nigeria
RegisterNovember 13 & 14, 2020 - Ibadan, Nigeria
YORDS 2020:
Accelerated, Inclusive and Sustainable Rural Development in the Post Covid-19 Era
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Opening Speech (Day 1)

Agriculture and Rural Development
Opening Speech (Day 2)

for Youth and Sports
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KEY NOTE SPEAKERS
Sustainable Rural Development: the Helixes
Professor Janice OlawoyeRural Development ConsultantRetired Lecturer, University of Ibadan

Building a Robust Rural Economy in Nigeria
Professor O. B. OyesolaPresident, Rural Sociological Association of Nigeria (RuSAN) 
Leveraging the SDGs for a Sustainable Future
Professor. O. OlaniyanDirector, Center for Sustainable Development (CESDEV), University of Ibadan 
Rural Poverty and Spatial Inequality: what Role for the Government?
Dr. M. A. AyanlowoProject Coordinator, Oyo State Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP),Former Director of Rural Development (Oyo State MA&RD)

Partnership for Accelerated and Sustained Impact among Rural Development Practitioners
Engr. R. A. AdabanijaAg General Manager, Oyo State Community and Social Development Agency (OYCSDA) 
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YORDS 2020 PANELISTS
Damilola Iyiola
Founder, Rural Nurture InitiativeConvener, Young Rural Developers Summit(Empowerment/Infrastructure)

Odunayo Aliu
Founder, Love-letters Child Support Initiative(Education) 
Jesudamilare Adesegun-David
Co-founder and CEO, Ennovate Lab(Innovation/technology) 
Dr. Isaac Olufadewa
Founder, Slum and Rural Health Initiative(Health) 
Atinuke Lebile
COO/Co-Founder, Cato Foods(Agriculture) 
Eucharia Obar
University Scholar, Agricultural Extension & Rural Development, University of Ibadan(Research) 
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From the Convener's Desk...
Rural Development in Nigeria; the way forward?
Rural communities in Nigeria are grossly associated with pockets of poverty and lack or inadequate social infrastructures such as education or health care facilities. However, the good news is that the relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) have one project or...
Rural Development in Nigeria; the way forward?
Rural communities in Nigeria are grossly associated with pockets of poverty and lack or inadequate social infrastructures such as education or health care facilities. However, the good news is that the relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) have one project or...

Rural Nurture Initiative (RNI) is a Non-Governmental Organisation providing social protection to facilitate inclusive and sustainable rural development through innovative and eclectic approaches, focused on agriculture, health and poverty alleviation in Nigeria and the rest of Africa.
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