Growing Rural Youth Agribusiness in Kenya: Stories And Best Practices Of The Vijabiz Project
Youth constitute about 30% of the Kenyan population and 60% of the total labour force, with 1 million youth entering the labour market each year. The 2013 UNDP Kenya’s Youth Employment Challenge report revealed that 64% of unemployed Kenyans were youth, which is a critical concern for the country....
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation and Ustadi
2020
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| author | Smith, Georgina Koigi, Bob Cartmell-Thorp, Susanna Reeve, Sophie Frost, Olivia Mutimer, Alice |
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| description | Youth constitute about 30% of the Kenyan population and 60% of the total labour force, with 1 million youth entering the labour market each year. The 2013 UNDP Kenya’s Youth Employment Challenge report revealed that 64% of unemployed Kenyans were youth, which is a critical concern for the country.
As the backbone of Kenya’s economy, agriculture accounts for 65% of the nation’s annual exports and contributes 24% to gross domestic product. Youth agribusinesses are facing many challenges to grow; an issue the Vijabiz project set out to address.
Vijabiz – the Youth Economic Empowerment through Agribusiness project – has been implemented by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) and USTADI, with main funding provided by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). |
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| spelling | CGSpace1097952024-01-03T11:44:50Z Growing Rural Youth Agribusiness in Kenya: Stories And Best Practices Of The Vijabiz Project Smith, Georgina Koigi, Bob Cartmell-Thorp, Susanna Reeve, Sophie Frost, Olivia Mutimer, Alice Youth constitute about 30% of the Kenyan population and 60% of the total labour force, with 1 million youth entering the labour market each year. The 2013 UNDP Kenya’s Youth Employment Challenge report revealed that 64% of unemployed Kenyans were youth, which is a critical concern for the country. As the backbone of Kenya’s economy, agriculture accounts for 65% of the nation’s annual exports and contributes 24% to gross domestic product. Youth agribusinesses are facing many challenges to grow; an issue the Vijabiz project set out to address. Vijabiz – the Youth Economic Empowerment through Agribusiness project – has been implemented by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) and USTADI, with main funding provided by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). 2020-10-01 2020-10-09T12:52:12Z 2020-10-09T12:52:12Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109795 en Open Access application/pdf Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation and Ustadi CTA, Ustadi. 2020. Growing Rural Youth Agribusiness in Kenya: Stories And Best Practices Of The Vijabiz Project. Wageningen: CTA |
| spellingShingle | Smith, Georgina Koigi, Bob Cartmell-Thorp, Susanna Reeve, Sophie Frost, Olivia Mutimer, Alice Growing Rural Youth Agribusiness in Kenya: Stories And Best Practices Of The Vijabiz Project |
| title | Growing Rural Youth Agribusiness in Kenya: Stories And Best Practices Of The Vijabiz Project |
| title_full | Growing Rural Youth Agribusiness in Kenya: Stories And Best Practices Of The Vijabiz Project |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Growing Rural Youth Agribusiness in Kenya: Stories And Best Practices Of The Vijabiz Project |
| title_short | Growing Rural Youth Agribusiness in Kenya: Stories And Best Practices Of The Vijabiz Project |
| title_sort | growing rural youth agribusiness in kenya stories and best practices of the vijabiz project |
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