One of the priorities for moving European rural youth forward is to create sustainable and high-quality rural jobs accessible to young people. Rural youth unemployment rates are higher than the average throughout the EU and rural employment opportunities tend to be relatively limited, with a prevalence of seasonal jobs.    Supporting youth...

El presente documento corresponde al Programa de Acción de la República Dominicana, aprobado durante la XXVIII Cumbre Iberoamericana de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno, 25 de marzo de 2023, bajo el lema «Juntos hacia una Iberoamérica justa y Sostenible». Más información sobre la Cumbre en: https://www.fao.org/partnerships/parliamentary-alliances/news/news-article/es/c/1636426/ 

This was an interactive zoom discussion between youth and guest experts. We had the Key note speech from the Policy and advocacy officer from Bio-vision Foundation who unpacked how Agroecology can fix our food systems. We also had a representative from the ministry of Agriculture, a representative from Local government...

La revolución del AgTech avanza rápidamente en América Latina, pero sin llegar a los pequeños productores, quienes representan más del 40% de la población productiva de la región. Preocupado por este panorama, la unidad regional de Innovación de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)...

Inscripciones A partir del 21 de agosto 2023 Ejes temáticos de la conferencia EJES DEL DÍA 30 DE NOVIEMBRE (MATUTINO) Eje 1. Transición agroecológica y otros enfoques afines para la transformación de sistemas alimentarios que sean más justos, saludables, sustentables y logren la autosuficiencia alimentaria. Políticas públicas nacionales exitosas. Eje 2. Experiencias relevantes de transición agroecológica y...

In 1994, UPA began the adventure of publishing a Yearbook of Family Farming. The objective was simple, although ambitious: to collect in an annual work the main data, ideas and proposals of this production model, which in the Union of Small Farmers and Ranchers we have defended since our origin. Now,...

This Regional Initiative uses a complex, multidisciplinary and area-based development approach, tailored to the Europe and Central Asia region. It takes into consideration the region’s heterogeneity and the special challenges it faces. The overall goal is to address the key problems of rural people by empowering smallholders and family farms to...

August 12th is International Youth Day and this year it is dedicated to the theme of Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health. The day is a way to celebrate the efforts and achievements of young people already at the forefront of food systems change. “When you’re thinking about the health...

The theme of RIA 2022 was ‘The Future is Youth’, inspired jointly by 2022 being the European Year of Youth, the long-term vision for rural areas, and the Rural Pact, developed by the European Commission. RIA 2022 sought to promote the importance of European youth to build a better future...

Ce mémoire réalisé dans le cadre du master MIFAR cherchait à comprendre ce que font les jeunes formés quand ils s’installent, comment ils s’installent (en développant quelles activités, avec quels moyens, quels appuis, quels parcours), quels résultats ils obtiennent, quelles difficultés ils rencontrent ? Une étude qualitative a été menée...

Depuis près de 20 ans, le Réseau international FAR réunit les acteurs africains de la formation agricole et rurale et alerte sur le manque crucial de formation et l’urgence à relever le défi de sa massification auprès des producteurs et productrices, majoritairement jeunes et peu alphabétisés. La Formation agricole et...

The Sahel region is nowadays facing many challenges, including insecurity, rising extremism, lacking of economic prospects and decent employment opportunities, besides also experiencing poor access to education, vocational training and overall basic services. Youth are among the most vulnerable group in the region, and although youth population is expected to...

Para que se cumplan los objetivos del Decenio de la Agricultura Familiar, es importante estimular a los #agricultores jóvenes para interconectar los conocimientos tradicionales con ideas innovadoras para que se conviertan en agentes de desarrollo rural.  Te compartimos el #2Pilar del #PlanAcciónMundial, para mayor información te invitamos a ver el siguiente...

El Plan de acción mundial, diseñado en torno a siete pilares de trabajo que se refuerzan mutuamente, recomienda una serie de medidas interconectadas que abarcan desde la escala local hasta la mundial. Este video describe el pilar 2 del Plan de acción mundial.

El Plan de acción mundial, diseñado en torno a siete pilares de trabajo que se refuerzan mutuamente, recomienda una serie de medidas interconectadas que abarcan desde la escala local hasta la mundial. Este video describe el pilar 2 del Plan de acción mundial.

As with every iteration of Foresight Africa, this 2023 edition aim to capture the top priorities for the region in the year ahead, offering recommendations for supporting Africa at a time of heightened global turbulence. The autors hope that Foresight Africa 2023 will promote dialogue on the key issues influencing development...

The Family Farming Knowledge Platform (FFKP) Monthly Digest showcases the latest contents uploaded in the FFKP to provide its readers with relevant and up to date information on family farming main themes such as agroecology, smallscale fisheries, pastoralism, indigenous people, and more. For more documents, feel free to search in the...

The young people interviewed often reported being unable to afford sustainable food due to their limited budget. The difference in prices between sustainable and unsustainable food often pushed young people to buy the cheapest food available, resulting in unsustainable food consumption. Several participants expressed that high prices represented one of...

Warwi.org, c’est la nouvelle plateforme communautaire de la Formation Agricole et Rurale (FAR) pour l’emploi décent des jeunes au Sénégal.

Land Reform – Despite socio economic challenges faced by South Africans in general, the agriculture and tourism sector can significantly contribute to mitigating and curbing escalating youth unemployment especially in rural areas. So says the Vumelana Advisory Fund, a non-profit organisation that helps beneficiaries of the land reform programme to make...