This Issue of Nature & Faune puts forward the case of “African Youth in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development”. It carries twenty one articles contributed by different individuals, from: policy arena, conservation NGOs; the private sector; civil society groups; research and academia as well as youth groups. The United Nations (UN) defines youth as people between the ages 15-24 years while the African Union (AU) defines youth or young people as every person between the ages of 15 and 35 years. For the purpose of this edition of Nature & Faune, the broader definition by the African Union is retained, with the term youth including the group of young people, male and female, married or single, from age 15 through 35.