Platform Topic: Rural Youth Employment
Jobs for Rural Youth: The Role of Local Food Economies
Michelle Tang2023-06-07T14:56:52+02:00A study, co-financed by the EU, looks in-depth at the current employment situation of youth in the food economy in 5 sub-Saharan African countries (Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia) and 2 Southeast Asian countries (Thailand and Viet Nam) and makes an employment forecast for 2030 of the different segments within the food economy.
Jobs for Rural Youth: The Role of Local Food Economies
Michelle Tang2022-09-30T10:55:26+02:00Young people in rural areas face the double challenge of age-specific vulnerabilities and underdevelopment of rural areas. While agriculture absorbs the majority of rural workers in developing countries, low pay and poor working conditions make it difficult to sustain
Cross-Sectoral Solution: Empowering and Building the Skills of Youth Aged 15-17
Michelle Tang2023-06-07T14:55:56+02:00Held on 2 and 3 November 2021, the Global Solutions Forum – Acting together to end child labour in agriculture mobilized global action and identified scalable solutions to eradicate child labour in agriculture.
The International Day of Youth
Michelle Tang2022-08-26T12:21:18+02:0012 August 2021 is the International Day of Youth, celebrating the vital role of youth in food systems transformation. Youth accounts for one out of every six people worldwide, and, especially in rural Africa, millions of them are engaged
Promoting Youth Engagement and Employment in Agriculture and Food Systems
Michelle Tang2022-09-30T10:54:41+02:00The CFS calls for the development of systems, policies and programmes that engage more youth in agriculture and agricultural professions. Their development will constitute a workstream that will strengthen recognition of youth agency, autonomy and diversity in relation to
