Youth: Including Africa’s young people in food systems
African governments have made youth employment a policy priority, and African youth are demanding policies that improve their job prospects. KEY FINDINGS - Africa’s working-age population is growing by 20 million a year, and by 2050 will be growing by 30 million a year, raising questions about wheth...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2020
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| author | Mueller, Valerie Rosenbach, Gracie Thurlow, James |
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| description | African governments have made youth employment a policy priority, and African youth are demanding policies that improve their job prospects. KEY FINDINGS - Africa’s working-age population is growing by 20 million a year, and by 2050 will be growing by 30 million a year, raising questions about whether the region can create enough jobs for young people. - Concerns should not be overblown—the share of young people in the working-age population peaked in Africa at roughly 38 percent in 2001, not much larger than the peak share in other developing regions during their own “youth bulges.” Africa’s rural areas and food systems will have to play a bigger role in absorbing young job seekers than they did in other regions, given the continued growth of rural populations. - Opportunities in food systems for youth may be overestimated: Young farmers who are familiar with information technologies are not necessarily more likely than their elders to adopt improved inputs or increase productivity. Nor are they more likely to operate or work for a nonfarm enterprise or to migrate to large urban centers. - Broad-based development policies that create opportunities for all rural people may do more to support the growing youth population than polices designed specifically for youth. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1433222025-11-06T07:27:12Z Youth: Including Africa’s young people in food systems Mueller, Valerie Rosenbach, Gracie Thurlow, James youth employment food policies agricultural policies farmers employment youth young workers migration rural areas food systems governance African governments have made youth employment a policy priority, and African youth are demanding policies that improve their job prospects. KEY FINDINGS - Africa’s working-age population is growing by 20 million a year, and by 2050 will be growing by 30 million a year, raising questions about whether the region can create enough jobs for young people. - Concerns should not be overblown—the share of young people in the working-age population peaked in Africa at roughly 38 percent in 2001, not much larger than the peak share in other developing regions during their own “youth bulges.” Africa’s rural areas and food systems will have to play a bigger role in absorbing young job seekers than they did in other regions, given the continued growth of rural populations. - Opportunities in food systems for youth may be overestimated: Young farmers who are familiar with information technologies are not necessarily more likely than their elders to adopt improved inputs or increase productivity. Nor are they more likely to operate or work for a nonfarm enterprise or to migrate to large urban centers. - Broad-based development policies that create opportunities for all rural people may do more to support the growing youth population than polices designed specifically for youth. 2020-02-01 2024-05-22T12:13:06Z 2024-05-22T12:13:06Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143322 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293670 https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198848059.001.0001 https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293694 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Mueller, Valerie; Rosenbach, Gracie; and Thurlow, James. 2020. Youth: Including Africa’s young people in food systems. In 2020 Global Food Policy Report. Chapter 3, Pp. 28-35. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293670_03. |
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