Recursos

Learning Route - Strengthening the resilience of the G5 Sahel region through the creation of decent jobs for rural youth
2022
17 March 2022 marked the end of the FAO-PROCASUR G5 Regional Learning Route ‘’Strengthening the resilience of the G5 Sahel region through the creation of jobs for rural youth’’.
This activity fall under the umbrella of the project Building Resilience in the Sahel Region through Job Creation for Youth, funded by the...
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Tapping into the development potential of migration in Senegal
2022
Abdoulaye Wade’s ambition is to run his own cattle fattening and market gardening business. When he returned to Senegal from Libya in 2020, FAO had just started piloting a new project in his area. The initiative focuses on facilitating the socio-economic integration of returning and prospect migrants. It helps them...
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Social determinants of youth participation in local agrifood systems in Kenya
2022
Despite agriculture employs more than 70 percent of Kenyan rural people, there is a general trend of youth moving away from agriculture and rural areas (FAO, 2019). Although not backed by age-disaggregated data, the low levels of youth participation in agricultural activities in Kenya have been a matter of great...
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Report of the Global Solutions Forum: Acting together to end child labour in agriculture
2022
On 2–3 November 2021, to mobilize global action and highlight concrete solutions to eradicate child labour in agriculture, FAO, in close collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) and in partnership with the International Partnership for Cooperation on Child Labour in Agriculture (IPCCLA) and the Alliance 8.7, organized a high-level...
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Ready to go digital? Assessing the digital readiness of young agripreneurs in East Africa
2022
Food and Agricultural Organization’s Integrated Country Approach for boosting decent jobs for youth in agrifood systems carried out a digital readiness assessment of youth in agribusiness in partnership with the Eastern Africa Farmers Federation and youth-led organizations in Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda.
Over 360 young male and female entrepreneurs engaged through...
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