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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetRethinking agripreneurship: Impact of personal initiative agripreneurship training on improving the abilities of African youth to start and manage successful agribusinesses 2023
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No results found.Long-term job frustration underlines Africa’s most pressing issues such as distress migration and peace and security, making it the number one policy preoccupation for policy makers in the continent. With limited resources and unlimited problems, policy makers are forced to prioritize interventions that will achieve the biggest impact on tackling youth unemployment. In this regard, agripreneurship can turn job seekers into job creators and help young agripreneurs not to fall back into unemployment again. However, not all business training programmes are effective and not all trainees benefit. Evidence has been mixed concerning the impact of traditional business training in enabling youth to develop viable businesses, including in the agriculture sector. This policy brief presents evidence on the impact of Personal Initiative Agripreneurship training titled “Agripreneurship 101” on achieving success for youth-led agribusinesses. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetStrengthening rural economies through green jobs in agriculture 2023
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No results found.Sixty-five percent of the population in the least developed countries lives in rural settings and largely depends on agriculture to earn a living. Rural areas are crucial for creating a sustainable future, yet face rapid population growth, increasing youth unemployment, food insecurity and the impacts of climate change which hinder their potential to contribute to a just and green transition. One of the most pressing issues is the lack of decent and sustainable employment opportunities for rural communities. FAO works to provide soft and sector-specific training to increase the employability of rural youth, while trying to identify the most promising value chains for green development which include sustainable poultry production, insect rearing for livestock and fish feed, organic horticulture, forestry and apiculture. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetJobs 4 Peace Initiative
Bridging humanitarian action, development and peace by enhancing youth entrepreneurship and employment opportunities
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No results found.Numerous countries in Africa are facing a surge in their youth population, coupled with extremely high unemployment rates. Some countries are also experiencing growing youth radicalization, which is increasingly affecting the security environment of entire regions. Although extremists in different areas have varying ideologies, the strategies they employ to enlist youth into their ranks are often similar and draw on a combination of political realities, socioeconomic factors and individual characteristics that render youth vulnerable to recruitment or to negative coping mechanisms in general. This programme contributes to national peace-building processes and helps to reduce poverty by engaging young women and men in productive employment activities that empower them. In particular, the programme focuses on unemployed and under-employed youth, marginalized poor youth, youth at risk of radicalization, youth in conflict-prone areas and former young combatants. Activities promote the peaceful gathering of young people and communities through business development and social development activities, facilitating communication and interchange, and strengthening peace-building processes and social cohesion.
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