Sandrine Chetail is the director of agriculture at Mercy Corps, bringing over 15 years of professional experience in international development in West Africa and South East Asia. She joined Mercy Corps in 2008 as program director based in Sri Lanka for a five-country response to the global food crisis, and was deputy country director in Niger and Liberia before joining Mercy Corps’ technical support teams.
Engaging youth in agriculture is critical if we are to renew the farming generation and help young people, writes Mercy Corps Agriculture Director Sandrine Chetail.