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Since 2015, FAO has been working to make Senegalese agri-food systems more youth-inclusive, through its Integrated Country Approach (ICA) for promoting decent rural employment and in partnership with the Agence Nationale pour la Promotion de l'Emploi des Jeunes (ANPEJ).Senegal is a youthful country, with over 60 percent of people below...

Osman Sheikh Ali is a 24-year-old father of two children and comes from Marka, a city in the southern Lower Shebelle province of Somalia. He is currently working in Bossaso, at the Hidik Boat Factory managed by the 34-year-old director, Yasin Hassan Mohamed. Both Osman and Yacine have benefitted from...

The FAO project Youth mobility, food security and rural poverty reduction (abbreviated as "RYM" – Rural Youth Mobility) was successfully completed in February 2018. With funding from the Italian Development Cooperation, RYM was launched in 2015 to address the main drivers of rural migration of youth in Tunisia and Ethiopia,...

According to the new ILO estimates, released in November 2017, 70% of child labour (108 million children) is concentrated in the agricultural sector. This is an increase of 10 million children in child labour in agriculture since the previous estimates from 2012. Africa has the highest absolute number of child...

"We want to farm and benefit our communities. We want to be more involved with FAO" said Attila, one of the 18 young farmers trained on global governance mechanisms by FAO and IPC in December 2017. Rome, 12 December - FAO and the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC) joined...

On 10 October 2017, during the National Forum Change the Future of Migration: Young Rural Entrepreneurs, the Government of Guatemala and FAO's ICA Programme launched ChispaRural.gt, an online platform designed to leverage the talent of motivated youth in rural areas.ChispaRural.gt is an innovative digital service aimed at the new generations...

2 November, Rome – A first atlas to offer a better understanding of complex rural migration patterns in sub-Saharan Africa has been published today. The new FAO atlas Rural Africa in motion. Dynamics and drivers of migration south of the Sahara highlights the important role that rural areas will continue to play...

On 30-31 October 2017, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) held an Expert Group Meeting under the theme Youth, Peace and Security: Social Issues and Social Policies. The meeting brought together representatives from academia, Member States, United Nations entities, youth organisations and intergovernmental bodies to identify...

On 26 October, the Government of Uganda, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, launched the National Strategy for Youth Employment in Agriculture.Demographically, Uganda has one of the youngest populations in the world, with 60% of people below the age of 18 and 78% below...

The International Partnership for Cooperation on Child Labour in Agriculture (IPCCLA)* is deeply concerned that, according to the newly-published ILO estimates on child labour for the 2012-2016 period, child labour is overwhelmingly concentrated in agriculture and that the numbers are increasing. 107.5 million of the 152 million children in child...