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ProjectSupport to the Planting gor Food and Jobs Campaign - TCP/GHA/3607 2020
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No results found.Dramatic changes are taking place in farming worldwide as a result of globalization, liberalization and rapid urbanization. Farmers are intensifying production and diversifying their farm enterprises in order to improve their livelihoods. Technical knowledge is no longer enough: to be competitive and take advantage of new marketing opportunities, farmers need to adapt their farming practices and the crops they produce in response to market shifts. While Ghana is a food-deficit country, there are many opportunities in the agricultural sector for employing the country’s large youth population and increasing domestic production of marketable, nutritious foods. Attaining food security through self-sufficiency has been a policy priority in Ghana. The country’s long-term agricultural sector-specific policy objectives are elaborated in Ghana’s Food and Agriculture Sector Development Policy (FASDEP I and II). The Medium-Term Agriculture Sector Investment Plan (METASIP I and II) for implementation of FASDEP I and II provides a roadmap for the implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) in Ghana. This plan focuses on investments for addressing constraints on productivity, market access and sustainable production. The Government, with support from FAO, recently validated the policy matrices for METASIP I and II, and developed a roadmap for METASIP III (2018-2021) known as “Investing for Food and Jobs”. The Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) Campaign represents a flagship programme under METASIP III aimed at ensuring sustainability. Increasing farmers’ incomes by taking advantage of market opportunities and enhancing efficiencies requires capacity building to improve farmers’ decision-making and business skills in this rapidly changing environment. This includes better farm management skills for market competitiveness. In order to support them and create an enabling environment for agricultural investment, decision makers need to access quality data that can assist them in decision-making and planning. Ghana’s Government has prioritized the attainment of food security through self-sufficiency for many years. However, Ghana’s agricultural population is aging, and despite high youth unemployment, the sector has failed to attract younger people. At the same time, changes in the global trade environment are widening the gap between the needs of private agribusinesses and existing labour supplies. This gap represents an opportunity for unemployed youth to enter the agricultural sector by utilizing new approaches and market opportunities to earn decent incomes. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetGreen Jobs for Youth
Adapting to climate change through green enterprise and creating jobs for rural youth
2019Also available in:
No results found.With 71 million unemployed young people globally and 42 million entering the labour market every year, the agriculture and agri-food sectors must be revitalized to create more job opportunities, while also addressing the growing challenge of climate change. FAO aims to support governments in addressing the high level of youth unemployment by boosting the agri-food sectors that both adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change. To tackle some of the basic causes of rural poverty and assist the transition to a Green Economy, this initiative aims to foster green jobs across rural economic sectors. Participating youth will be given the opportunity to develop green skills (transferrable and sector-specific) and realize green job opportunities (through formal employment and entrepreneurship), specifically in relation to enhancing local agricultural value chains. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBuilding resilience in the Sahel region through job creation for youth
Innovatively supporting youth’s access to decent employment and green jobs in agrifood systems
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No results found.The number of young people in the Sahel is unprecedented, with over 60 percent of the population below 25 years of age. Two thirds of them live in rural areas, often lacking access to employment, skills, financial services, inputs and technology (World Bank, 2018). Although the region’s youth population is expected to grow, and a youth bulge could potentially turn into a dividend, if employment and entrepreneurial opportunities for youth remain limited, young people will continue to remain in a vicious cycle of food insecurity and deep poverty. This brief outlines how the project "Building resilience in the Sahel region through job creation for youth", strengthened the capacities of rural youth in their entrance in the agrifood system adopting green practices, while also empowering the national institutions tasked in supporting them.
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