New Agriculture New Generation
New Agriculture New Generation is a non-profit organization, which creates career and entrepreneurship opportunities for youth in the Agrifood sector in Greece. The organization was founded in 2018 under the initiative and with the founding support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).
Since 2018, New Agriculture New Generation has empowered more than 32.000 young farmers, producers, entrepreneurs, graduates, and other professionals, through its capacity building, entrepreneurship, and regional development programs as well as through natural disaster relief initiatives (Fire relief initiative for Northern Evia, Initiative to support the stock farmers of Karditsa, affected by ‘Ianos’ Cyclone). The organization has implemented more than 130 capacity building and entrepreneurship programs and has supported more than 136 SMEs, family and start–up businesses and cottage industries, and over 300 professional trainers, mentors, and advisors.
New Agriculture New Generation has built a wide network of partners, embracing the entire ecosystem of knowledge, entrepreneurship, and innovation across the agrifood sector in Greece. Furthermore, the organization works closely with all Greek academic institutions and research centers, as well as institutional, public, and private bodies, while Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, USA, is its strategic and technical advisor.
