Climate and jobs for rural young people

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dc.creatorBrooks, Karen
dc.creatorDunston, Shahnila
dc.creatorWiebe, Keith D.
dc.creatorArndt, Channing
dc.creatorHartley, Faaiqa
dc.creatorRobertson, Richard D.
dc.date2019-12-13
dc.date2024-06-21T09:07:37Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:07:37Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:37:56Z
dc.descriptionClimate change matters for all young people. It matters especially for those whose livelihoods depend on agriculture and will continue to do so in the future due to slowing growth in labour-intensive manufacturing and constraints on labour absorption in the service sector. Of the slightly more than 500 million rural young people projected globally in 2030, two thirds will be in sub-Saharan Africa and in South Asia. In many African countries farming still employs over half of a rapidly growing labour force, and the absolute number of agricultural workers is still rising (although the share of the labour force is falling with structural transformation). Where agriculture is called upon to deliver job security as well as food security, vulnerability to climate change presents major risks for the large numbers of young job-seekers. Adaptation to climate change is feasible, and options will increase as new technologies and management approaches come onstream. Adaptation requires proactive planning and investments in relevant infrastructure and agricultural science. Strategies for job creation in highly affected countries must accord more attention than is the case at present to agriculture, both on the farm and in the food system.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146581
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/110028
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Fund for Agricultural Development
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2018.1538002
dc.relationhttps://www.ifad.org/en/w/publications/research-series-issue-44-gender-rural-youth-and-structural-transformation-evidence-to-inform-innovative-youth-programming
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceBrooks, Karen; Dunston, Shahnila; Wiebe, Keith; Arndt, Channing; Hartley, Faaiqa; and Robertson, Richard. 2019. Climate and jobs for rural young people. Rural Development Report Background Papers 49. https://www.ifad.org/documents/38714170/41187395/09_Brooks+et+al._2019+RDR+BACKGROUND+PAPER.pdf/287f3f48-a822-1eba-d479-c746b7f4ba72
dc.subjectrural youth
dc.subjectmodels
dc.subjectlabour market
dc.subjectrural employment
dc.subjectcommodities
dc.subjectclimate
dc.subjectemployment
dc.subjectyouth
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjecttrade
dc.subjectclimate change adaptation
dc.subjectprices
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.titleClimate and jobs for rural young people
dc.typeWorking Paper

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