Sustainable Food Value Chains Knowledge Platform

Youth and Agriculture: Key Challenges and Concrete Solutions

2014

This publication provides real life examples on how to re-engage youth in agriculture. It shows how tailor-made educational programmes can provide rural youth with the skills and insights needed to engage in farming and adopt environmentally friendly production methods. Many of the initiatives and approaches reported in this study originate from the youth themselves.

Countries: Non-country specific
Commodities: Non-Commodity specific
Topics: Youth equity, Value chain upgrading in general
Authoring organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Type: Discussion
Format: Document
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