Engaging youth in agribusiness through private sector extension and advisory services: Lessons from Rwanda and Uganda

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dc.creatorFranzel, Steven
dc.creatorMiiro, Richard
dc.creatorUwitonze, Nicolas
dc.creatorDavis, Kristin E.
dc.creatorLuzobe, Beatrice
dc.creatorRurangwa, Raphael
dc.date2021-12-07
dc.date2024-05-22T12:11:34Z
dc.date2024-05-22T12:11:34Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:35:01Z
dc.descriptionEngaging youth in agribusiness is critical for livelihoods in Africa’s rural areas where millions of youth are unemployed and face many barriers to entry into agribusiness, such as limited education and lack of land (IFAD, 2019). There are initiatives where youth are engaging in private, demand-driven extension and advisory services (EAS), overcoming these constraints (Yami et al., 2019). These initiatives involve youth as either private, for-profit EAS providers (such as when private companies hire young extension agents) or as recipients of private or public sector EAS that guide youth toward self-employment (such as when EAS providers train youth in entrepreneurship). For-profit, private EAS is emphasized in this study because of the rapid growth of commercial agriculture, greater public emphasis on private market mechanisms and the sector’s potential for providing EAS on a sustainable basis (AUC, 2015; DLEC, 2019). While not a substitute for public EAS, private EAS often complement them effectively (Zhou and Babu, 2015, DLEC, 2019).
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143022
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/108540
dc.languageen
dc.publisherAssociation for International Agricultural and Extension Education
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceFranzel, Steven; Miiro, Richard; Uwitonze, Nicolas; Davis, Kristin; Luzobe, Beatrice; and Rurangwa, Raphael. 2021. Engaging youth in agribusiness through private sector extension and advisory services: Lessons from Rwanda and Uganda. Presented at the virtual 36th Annual Conference of AIAEE, April 12-14, 2021. Pp. 207-214. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FP9EHGqZrun7_z5Tj6MpQ1-uSYfMAUl4/view?usp=drive_link
dc.subjectadvisory services
dc.subjectagribusiness
dc.subjectagricultural extension
dc.subjectextension activities
dc.subjectextension systems
dc.subjectyouth
dc.subjectprivate sector
dc.subjectagro-industrial sector
dc.titleEngaging youth in agribusiness through private sector extension and advisory services: Lessons from Rwanda and Uganda
dc.typeConference Paper

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