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Chegutu, Zimbabwe - "Using beekeeping as an alternative source of income for rural people can reduce poverty among youth and increase food production, while reducing pressures on natural resources," said Philip Tafirei Mushayi, Principal of the Chibero Agricultural College in the Chegutu district of Zimbabwe. Mr. Mushayi was speaking at...

Africa has the youngest population in the world. In spite of the huge opportunity for the continent’s growth represented by such a high number of young people, two-thirds of youth are unemployed or working in vulnerable conditions and low-paying jobs. Young women face additional challenges in the agribusiness sector due...

Between 8th and 11th November 2022, FAO conducted a capacity building workshop in Rwanda on youth-sensitive value chain analysis and contract farming (see related news on Twitter https://twitter.com/FAORwanda/status/1589979511080161280) The training was implemented in the frame of the FAO project Integrated Country Approach (ICA) for boosting decent jobs for youth in the...

FAO’s Integrated Country Approach (ICA) for boosting decent jobs for youth in the agrifood system works to strengthen youth voice, ownership and agency in efforts to transform agrifood systems and rural economies. At the policy level, ICA supports the adoption and implementation of national policies and localized strategies for decent youth employment in...

August 31, 2022, marked the first anniversary of the African Youth Agripreneurs (AYA) platform, an online community designed for rural youth and entrepreneurs to connect, share and learn from each other in their journey to embrace agriculture as a decent work and profitable business. The platform, launched and supported by FAO’s...

The second event in the series of regional webinars on FAO and the Youth took place on June 6. The webinar aimed at presenting FAO's internal institutional mechanisms for youth mainstreaming, as well as at sharing country-level examples of how FAO country offices are actively supporting the meaningful contribution of...

The increasing impacts of climate change are threatening the viability of rural agricultural livelihoods, posing unprecedented challenges and disrupting migration patterns. The World Bank estimated that 216 million people in six regions could move within their countries by 2050. Migration is an important livelihood diversification strategy that can contribute to...

On 8 June, the FAO Regional Office for Africa (FAORAF), in collaboration with the FAO Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division (ESP), organized a webinar on the importance of 'Youth' as a crosscutting theme within FAO's programmatic work. The event, titled Youth - From ''who and how'' to country...

Migrants and diaspora communities represent a powerful force for the development of their countries of origin, both through remittances and the promotion of trade, investments, innovation and knowledge transfer. They contribute to their home countries’ economic growth, spurring economic diversification and job creation in key sectors of the economy, but...

During the week of 15 to 20 May 2022, the Government of South Africa and the International Labour Organization (ILO) hosted the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour (5GCCL). It came at a critical time. Despite progress in many regions, 160 million children are still in child labour.  The Conference...