Jamaica 4-H Clubs : Youth In Agriculture

Name

Jamaica 4-H Clubs : Youth In Agriculture

Legal name

Jamaica 4-H Clubs

Website

https://jamaica4hclubs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Agricultural Development Services

NAICS

Sports and Recreation Instruction (611620), Sports and Recreation Instruction (61162), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Arts, Sports & Recreation-Based Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Student Organizations & Club Administration (EDALAHAB), Student Clubs & Organizations (General Interest, Cultural, Service) (EDAJAJAG)

Keywords

• Youth agriculture training
• Agricultural scholarships
• Rural youth development
• School garden programs
• Agricultural education

Headquarters

HQ city

Kingston

HQ country

Jamaica

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: As a statutory body under the Ministry of Agriculture, Jamaica, the organization is primarily funded through government allocation and international development partnerships.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Jamaica 4-H Clubs is a statutory body under the Ministry of Agriculture, Jamaica, that delivers youth agricultural development programmes across all 14 parishes. Its offerings include training in agriculture and home economics, scholarships (Rio Tinto Alcan Legacy Fund), startup grants through the Rural Youth Economic Empowerment Programme (RYEEP), the National School Garden Programme, the National Youth AgriTech Challenge, and the EnGenDER climate resilience project, supported by the MemTrack online member registration portal.

Product overview

Jamaica 4-H Clubs is a statutory body under the Ministry of Agriculture, Jamaica, operating a portfolio of youth agricultural development programmes. The organization functions as a programme coordinator rather than a technology product company, offering initiatives including the National School Garden Programme for educational institutions, the Rural Youth Economic Empowerment Programme (RYEEP) providing entrepreneurial training and startup grants, the Youth in Agriculture Roadmap for strategic career guidance, the National Youth AgriTech Challenge for innovation, and scholarship programmes including the Rio Tinto Alcan Legacy Fund. Additional offerings include the EnGenDER gender-responsive climate resilience project, training services in Agriculture and Home Economics, and a MemTrack membership registration portal. The organization maintains offices across all 14 parishes of Jamaica and serves as the lead agency for youth involvement in agriculture in the country.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MemTrack: Member registration portal and tracking system for Jamaica 4-H Clubs members
• Rural Youth Economic Empowerment Programme (RYEEP)
• National School Garden Programme
• Youth in Agriculture
• EnGenDER Project
• Rio Tinto Alcan Legacy Fund Scholarship

Products and services

• National School Garden Programme Programme equipping public educational institutions across Jamaica with technologically-driven school gardens to provide youth with agricultural skills, practical hands-on experience, and promote entrepreneurship in agriculture as a career choice.
• Rural Youth Economic Empowerment Programme (RYEEP) Entrepreneurial training programme organized in partnership with HEART Trust/NTSA, supporting rural youth through training in life skills, business development, and agriculture, including J$100,000 startup grants for agri-preneurs.
• Youth in Agriculture Roadmap Strategic roadmap outlining the pathway for youth involvement in agriculture as a career choice, addressing food security amid climate variabilities in Jamaica.
• National Youth AgriTech Challenge Competition challenging Jamaican youth to develop innovative agricultural technology solutions for the sector.
• Rio Tinto Alcan Legacy Fund Scholarship Scholarship fund administered by Jamaica 4-H Clubs for youth pursuing agricultural education residing in Manchester, St. Ann, and St. Catherine parishes, covering tuition, transportation, lunch, books, uniforms, and agricultural tools.
• Training Services in Agriculture and Home Economics Training programmes covering Agriculture and Home Economics, offered in stimulatory and mastery levels with online options, designed to build youth capacity in farming and household skills.
• EnGenDER Project Enabling Gender-Responsive Disaster Recovery, Climate and Environmental Resilience in the Caribbean project supporting 600 youth farmers and fishers across five parishes to withstand climate change impacts, funded by Global Affairs Canada and UK FCDO through UNDP.
• MemTrack Registration Portal Online membership registration and tracking portal allowing youth across Jamaica to join 4-H clubs islandwide.

Quantifiable outcome

• 510 youth participants trained through RYEEP (Rural Youth Economic Empowerment Programme)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• HEART Trust/NTSAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016The Rural Youth Economic Empowerment Programme (RYEEP) is organized by the Jamaica 4-H Clubs in partnership with the HEART Trust/NTSA, designed to support 510 youth participants over four years through training in life skills, business development, and agriculture.
• Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerRADA works with Parish Managers to support implementation of the National School Garden Programme, providing technical support alongside the Jamaica 4-H Clubs.
• Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerJAS collaborates with Parish Managers and community volunteers including Parent Teachers' Associations and 4-H Leaders for implementation of the National School Garden Programme.
• UNDP Multi Country Office in JamaicacoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerUNDP Multi Country Office in Jamaica implements the EnGenDER project, which aims at addressing gender-based inequality and ensuring young men and women in agriculture and fisheries can withstand climate change impacts.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• 4-H Canada: 4-H Canada is the Canadian national body for the 4-H youth movement, focused on youth leadership and agricultural skills development across provincial clubs. Comparable to Jamaica 4-H Clubs as a sibling 4-H national organization with a parallel club-based model delivering agriculture and life-skills programming.
• Future Farmers of America (FFA): FFA is a U.S. national youth organization that prepares members for careers in agriculture through school-based chapters, leadership training, and supervised agricultural experiences. Comparable to Jamaica 4-H Clubs as a peer school-anchored youth agricultural training organization with scholarship and competition programming.
• HEART Trust/NTSA (Jamaica): HEART Trust/NTSA is Jamaica's national training agency for workforce development and technical vocational education. Comparable to Jamaica 4-H Clubs as a core RYEEP delivery partner offering structured life-skills, business development, and agricultural training programs to Jamaican youth.
• National 4-H Council (USA): National 4-H Council is the U.S. private-sector partner of the Cooperative Extension System and runs the global 4-H youth development brand with a strong agriculture and career-readiness mandate. Directly comparable to Jamaica 4-H Clubs as the original anchor of the 4-H network with the same youth-in-agriculture mission and club/parish-style local delivery model.
• Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA): RADA is a Jamaican statutory authority under the Ministry of Agriculture that delivers agricultural extension services to farmers nationally. Directly comparable to Jamaica 4-H Clubs as a fellow Jamaican statutory body under the same ministry, with overlapping farmer-support and school-garden programmatic roles and a 14-parish field network.
• National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs (UK): NFYFC is a UK membership-based federation of rural youth clubs providing agricultural training, competition, and personal development opportunities for young people. Directly comparable to Jamaica 4-H Clubs as a peer youth-in-agriculture organization with a similar club-network model and skills/training focus.

Regional players

• Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS): JAS is Jamaica's oldest agricultural society, representing farmer interests and coordinating agricultural shows, training, and farmer-engagement programs domestically. Comparable to Jamaica 4-H Clubs as a peer Jamaican agricultural organization collaborating on the National School Garden Programme and 4-H Leaders mobilisation.
• Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI): CARDI is a Caribbean regional institution delivering agricultural research and development services across CARICOM member states. Comparable to Jamaica 4-H Clubs as a regional agricultural development actor in the same Caribbean geography, with overlapping farmer-capacity-building objectives.

Broad incumbents

• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): FAO is the United Nations specialized agency leading international efforts to defeat hunger, with global programs in agricultural development and youth engagement. Comparable to Jamaica 4-H Clubs as a broad incumbent operating in the same agricultural capacity-building space, including youth-in-agriculture initiatives in the Caribbean.
• Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA): IICA is a hemispheric specialized agency of the Inter-American System that promotes agricultural development and rural well-being across the Americas. Comparable to Jamaica 4-H Clubs as a larger incumbent operating in the same agricultural development space, including youth capacity-building initiatives across the Caribbean.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/JAMAICA4HCLUBS
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/clovertelevision
• Facebookfacebook.com/Jamaica.4HClubs
• Instagraminstagram.com/jamaica4hclubspr
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jamaica-4-h-clubs-youth-in-agriculture

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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