Non-farm enterprises: Strengthening youth resilience in 18 rural districts of Zimbabwe
Smallholder communities are faced with shocks and stresses caused by the effects of climate change and variability, as well as socioeconomic characteristics threatening their communities, which rely on rainfed crop and livestock production. This has a negative effect on young people, who are still i...
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| author | Tirivanhu, Doreen Chevo, Tafadzwa Mapangisana, Toga |
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| description | Smallholder communities are faced with shocks and stresses caused by the effects of climate change and variability, as well as socioeconomic characteristics threatening their communities, which rely on rainfed crop and livestock production. This has a negative effect on young people, who are still innovative and energetic to take part in different initiatives to improve their livelihoods. This study uses a qualitative data analysis to evaluate youth participation in nonfarm activities among smallholder communities of Zimbabwe. The data was obtained from the ZRBF OMS surveys conducted from 2017 to 2019. The results show that youths participate mainly in nontimber forest products, natural resource management, water infrastructure development, DRM/ DRR training, welding, cross-border trading, sewing, and village savings and loans groups, which were important for their adaptive, absorptive, and transformative capacities. The productivity of youth’s nonfarm enterprises was affected by the stability of local currency, capacity building, access to markets, load shedding, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on these results, there is need for continued support of the youths by providing them with a conducive environment to showcase their skills, and improve their access to information and training, to improve co-learning and co-innovation for adaptation, absorption and transformation among communities. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1369882024-01-05T00:25:36Z Non-farm enterprises: Strengthening youth resilience in 18 rural districts of Zimbabwe Tirivanhu, Doreen Chevo, Tafadzwa Mapangisana, Toga youth agriculture research youth employment Smallholder communities are faced with shocks and stresses caused by the effects of climate change and variability, as well as socioeconomic characteristics threatening their communities, which rely on rainfed crop and livestock production. This has a negative effect on young people, who are still innovative and energetic to take part in different initiatives to improve their livelihoods. This study uses a qualitative data analysis to evaluate youth participation in nonfarm activities among smallholder communities of Zimbabwe. The data was obtained from the ZRBF OMS surveys conducted from 2017 to 2019. The results show that youths participate mainly in nontimber forest products, natural resource management, water infrastructure development, DRM/ DRR training, welding, cross-border trading, sewing, and village savings and loans groups, which were important for their adaptive, absorptive, and transformative capacities. The productivity of youth’s nonfarm enterprises was affected by the stability of local currency, capacity building, access to markets, load shedding, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on these results, there is need for continued support of the youths by providing them with a conducive environment to showcase their skills, and improve their access to information and training, to improve co-learning and co-innovation for adaptation, absorption and transformation among communities. 2023-10-10 2024-01-04T12:46:41Z 2024-01-04T12:46:41Z Presentation https://hdl.handle.net/10568/136988 en Limited Access University of Zimbabwe Tirivanhu, Doreen; Chevo, Tafadzwa; Mapangisana, Toga . 2023. Non-farm enterprises: Strengthening youth resilience in 18 rural districts of Zimbabwe. Presentation. Presented at the CGIAR GENDER Conference 'From Research to Impact: Towards just and resilient agri-food systems', New Delhi, India, 9-12 October 2023. University of Zimbabwe |
| spellingShingle | youth agriculture research youth employment Tirivanhu, Doreen Chevo, Tafadzwa Mapangisana, Toga Non-farm enterprises: Strengthening youth resilience in 18 rural districts of Zimbabwe |
| title | Non-farm enterprises: Strengthening youth resilience in 18 rural districts of Zimbabwe |
| title_full | Non-farm enterprises: Strengthening youth resilience in 18 rural districts of Zimbabwe |
| title_fullStr | Non-farm enterprises: Strengthening youth resilience in 18 rural districts of Zimbabwe |
| title_full_unstemmed | Non-farm enterprises: Strengthening youth resilience in 18 rural districts of Zimbabwe |
| title_short | Non-farm enterprises: Strengthening youth resilience in 18 rural districts of Zimbabwe |
| title_sort | non farm enterprises strengthening youth resilience in 18 rural districts of zimbabwe |
| topic | youth agriculture research youth employment |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/136988 |
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