Youth employment, agricultural transformation, and rural labor dynamics in Nigeria

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dc.creatorAdesugba, Margaret Abiodun
dc.creatorMavrotas, George
dc.date2016-12-09
dc.date2024-06-21T09:25:20Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:25:20Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:46:41Z
dc.descriptionYouth employment in developing countries, particularly in connection with agricultural transformation policies in Africa south of the Sahara, has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years. The debate on youth unemployment globally—and specifically in Africa—hinges also on the differential pattern of structural change of economies, which works against the creation of “good” jobs. Although the proportion of unemployed youth in Nigeria has decreased in recent years, the percentage remains high. One recent government effort, the rather ambitious Agricultural Transformation Agenda, was geared (among other things) to promoting employment opportunities for youth in the agricultural sector. The youth employment issue is an important part of the current agricultural policy agenda of the new Federal Government of Nigeria. Against this background, the paper presents a comprehensive national and sectoral growth analysis of youth labor and employment trends in Nigeria, with a particular focus on agriculture and the rural nonfarm economy. It provides insights into the drivers of youth unemployment and underemployment, and discusses the prospects for job creation for youth in the agricultural and the rural non-farm sectors. The paper concludes with a discussion of prospects and policies for enhancing youth employment in the Nigerian agricultural sector, of particular interest to policymakers in Nigeria but also to those interested in youth unemployment in the developing world.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/148655
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/114335
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/147433
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133999
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceAdesugba, Margaret; and Mavrotas, George. 2016. Youth employment, agricultural transformation, and rural labor dynamics in Nigeria. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1579. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148655
dc.subjectyouth employment
dc.subjectpolicies
dc.subjectemployment
dc.subjectagricultural policies
dc.subjectyouth
dc.subjectagricultural transformation
dc.subjectoff-farm employment
dc.titleYouth employment, agricultural transformation, and rural labor dynamics in Nigeria
dc.typeWorking Paper

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