Engaging youth in agribusiness through private sector extension and advisory services: Lessons from Rwanda and Uganda
Engaging youth in agribusiness is critical for livelihoods in Africa’s rural areas where millions of youth are unemployed and face many barriers to entry into agribusiness, such as limited education and lack of land (IFAD, 2019). There are initiatives where youth are engaging in private, demand-driv...
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| author | Franzel, Steven Miiro, Richard Uwitonze, Nicolas Davis, Kristin E. Luzobe, Beatrice Rurangwa, Raphael |
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| description | Engaging youth in agribusiness is critical for livelihoods in Africa’s rural areas where millions of youth are unemployed and face many barriers to entry into agribusiness, such as limited education and lack of land (IFAD, 2019). There are initiatives where youth are engaging in private, demand-driven extension and advisory services (EAS), overcoming these constraints (Yami et al., 2019). These initiatives involve youth as either private, for-profit EAS providers (such as when private companies hire young extension agents) or as recipients of private or public sector EAS that guide youth toward self-employment (such as when EAS providers train youth in entrepreneurship). For-profit, private EAS is emphasized in this study because of the rapid growth of commercial agriculture, greater public emphasis on private market mechanisms and the sector’s potential for providing EAS on a sustainable basis (AUC, 2015; DLEC, 2019). While not a substitute for public EAS, private EAS often complement them effectively (Zhou and Babu, 2015, DLEC, 2019). |
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| spelling | CGSpace1430222025-08-14T18:40:37Z Engaging youth in agribusiness through private sector extension and advisory services: Lessons from Rwanda and Uganda Franzel, Steven Miiro, Richard Uwitonze, Nicolas Davis, Kristin E. Luzobe, Beatrice Rurangwa, Raphael advisory services agribusiness agricultural extension extension activities extension systems youth private sector agro-industrial sector Engaging youth in agribusiness is critical for livelihoods in Africa’s rural areas where millions of youth are unemployed and face many barriers to entry into agribusiness, such as limited education and lack of land (IFAD, 2019). There are initiatives where youth are engaging in private, demand-driven extension and advisory services (EAS), overcoming these constraints (Yami et al., 2019). These initiatives involve youth as either private, for-profit EAS providers (such as when private companies hire young extension agents) or as recipients of private or public sector EAS that guide youth toward self-employment (such as when EAS providers train youth in entrepreneurship). For-profit, private EAS is emphasized in this study because of the rapid growth of commercial agriculture, greater public emphasis on private market mechanisms and the sector’s potential for providing EAS on a sustainable basis (AUC, 2015; DLEC, 2019). While not a substitute for public EAS, private EAS often complement them effectively (Zhou and Babu, 2015, DLEC, 2019). 2021-12-07 2024-05-22T12:11:34Z 2024-05-22T12:11:34Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143022 en Open Access Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education Franzel, Steven; Miiro, Richard; Uwitonze, Nicolas; Davis, Kristin; Luzobe, Beatrice; and Rurangwa, Raphael. 2021. Engaging youth in agribusiness through private sector extension and advisory services: Lessons from Rwanda and Uganda. Presented at the virtual 36th Annual Conference of AIAEE, April 12-14, 2021. Pp. 207-214. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FP9EHGqZrun7_z5Tj6MpQ1-uSYfMAUl4/view?usp=drive_link |
| spellingShingle | advisory services agribusiness agricultural extension extension activities extension systems youth private sector agro-industrial sector Franzel, Steven Miiro, Richard Uwitonze, Nicolas Davis, Kristin E. Luzobe, Beatrice Rurangwa, Raphael Engaging youth in agribusiness through private sector extension and advisory services: Lessons from Rwanda and Uganda |
| title | Engaging youth in agribusiness through private sector extension and advisory services: Lessons from Rwanda and Uganda |
| title_full | Engaging youth in agribusiness through private sector extension and advisory services: Lessons from Rwanda and Uganda |
| title_fullStr | Engaging youth in agribusiness through private sector extension and advisory services: Lessons from Rwanda and Uganda |
| title_full_unstemmed | Engaging youth in agribusiness through private sector extension and advisory services: Lessons from Rwanda and Uganda |
| title_short | Engaging youth in agribusiness through private sector extension and advisory services: Lessons from Rwanda and Uganda |
| title_sort | engaging youth in agribusiness through private sector extension and advisory services lessons from rwanda and uganda |
| topic | advisory services agribusiness agricultural extension extension activities extension systems youth private sector agro-industrial sector |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143022 |
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