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Youth Inspiring Youth in Agriculture Initiative
2022
In Uganda, the FAO Integrated Country Approach for boosting decent jobs for youth in agrifood systems (ICA) and the Ministry of Agriculture launched the Youth Inspiring Youth in Agriculture Initiative (YIYA). YIYA is a nationwide competition that recognizes and supports young agripreneurs who are role models to their peers.
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Migrant workers in the banana industry
2022
This brief describes some of the challenges faced by migrant workers in the banana industry and good practices to support them.
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Latin America and the Caribbean: Promoting youth inclusion in FAO and their engagement in agrifood systems
2022
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...
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FAO Rural Youth Action Plan (RYAP)
2022
In 2017, the FAO Conference endorsed the call to develop a rural youth action plan that addresses the importance of making rural areas more attractive for young women and men. Under the aegis of the Committee on Agriculture (COAG), the Rural Youth Action Plan was developed and presented at the...
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"Climate change influences human mobility by magnifying vulnerabilities”: the links between climate change and migration
2022
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...
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