Promoting Youth Employment in the Agricultural Sector in East Africa - TCP/SFE/3601

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dc.coverageBurundi
dc.coverageKenya
dc.coverageRwanda
dc.coverageUnited Republic of Tanzania
dc.coverageSouth Sudan
dc.coverageUganda
dc.date2023-04-27T13:21:04Z
dc.date2023-04-27T13:21:04Z
dc.date2020
dc.date2020-04-24T08:56:18.0000000Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-28T00:25:32Z
dc.descriptionYouth represent about 45 percent (48 million) of the total population of the East African Community (EAC) Region. Many of the disadvantaged youth live in rural communities. Limited economic opportunities in rural areas make it difficult to secure decent and productive employment, hence the need to create viable economic opportunities for rural youth in the agricultural sector. Involving youth in agriculture, either through (self) employment or through entrepreneurship is increasingly seen as a potential solution to unemployment, food insecurity, rural poverty and migration. Moreover, the current estimated youth bulge offers an unprecedented opportunity for governments and partners to harness the energy for increased productivity and food security, inclusive economic development and social change. For rural youth, new business creation in the agriculture sector can present an important and viable opportunity to find decent and productive work in the agricultural sector. Against this background, FAO Subregional Office for Eastern Africa (SFE), in close collaboration with the EAC Secretariat, implemented this project. Within the broader context of the African Union Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for Shared Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods, the project aimed to contribute to reducing rural poverty and to boosting economic growth by supporting the creation of better opportunities for youth in the agricultural sector. During the inception phase of the project, it was agreed to focus on three outputs: i) Documenting best youth agribusiness models and mapping out opportunities for investment on youth in the agricultural sector; ii) Enhancing the capacity of the EAC Secretariat,
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dc.identifierhttps://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/ca8679en
dc.identifierhttp://www.fao.org/3/ca8679en/ca8679en.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/308791
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherFAO ;
dc.rightsFAO
dc.rightsCC BY NC SA 3.0 IGO
dc.titlePromoting Youth Employment in the Agricultural Sector in East Africa - TCP/SFE/3601
dc.typeProject

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