Resumen
- Young people have a natural disposition for innovation and for learning new tools, and these assets can help them to create viable options to remain in the countryside. The experiences of the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) in Honduras and Colombia have shown that the involvement of children, teenagers and young adults in the analysis and solution of important issues of their communities can provide a new dynamic to rural development. Two projects, started in 2001, involved the participation of some 270 rural youth in Honduras and 350 in Colombia, aged between seven years and the early twenties. These young people selected and developed research projects directly related to their interests and responsibilities in their families and communities.