Climate and jobs for rural young people

Climate change matters for all young people. It matters especially for those whose livelihoods depend on agriculture and will continue to do so in the future due to slowing growth in labour-intensive manufacturing and constraints on labour absorption in the service sector. Of the slightly more than...

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Autores principales: Brooks, Karen, Dunston, Shahnila, Wiebe, Keith D., Arndt, Channing, Hartley, Faaiqa, Robertson, Richard D.
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Publicado: International Fund for Agricultural Development 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146581
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author Brooks, Karen
Dunston, Shahnila
Wiebe, Keith D.
Arndt, Channing
Hartley, Faaiqa
Robertson, Richard D.
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Brooks, Karen
Dunston, Shahnila
Hartley, Faaiqa
Robertson, Richard D.
Wiebe, Keith D.
author_facet Brooks, Karen
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Arndt, Channing
Hartley, Faaiqa
Robertson, Richard D.
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description Climate change matters for all young people. It matters especially for those whose livelihoods depend on agriculture and will continue to do so in the future due to slowing growth in labour-intensive manufacturing and constraints on labour absorption in the service sector. Of the slightly more than 500 million rural young people projected globally in 2030, two thirds will be in sub-Saharan Africa and in South Asia. In many African countries farming still employs over half of a rapidly growing labour force, and the absolute number of agricultural workers is still rising (although the share of the labour force is falling with structural transformation). Where agriculture is called upon to deliver job security as well as food security, vulnerability to climate change presents major risks for the large numbers of young job-seekers. Adaptation to climate change is feasible, and options will increase as new technologies and management approaches come onstream. Adaptation requires proactive planning and investments in relevant infrastructure and agricultural science. Strategies for job creation in highly affected countries must accord more attention than is the case at present to agriculture, both on the farm and in the food system.
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spelling CGSpace1465812025-02-24T06:46:09Z Climate and jobs for rural young people Brooks, Karen Dunston, Shahnila Wiebe, Keith D. Arndt, Channing Hartley, Faaiqa Robertson, Richard D. rural youth models labour market rural employment commodities climate employment youth agriculture nutrition trade climate change adaptation prices climate change Climate change matters for all young people. It matters especially for those whose livelihoods depend on agriculture and will continue to do so in the future due to slowing growth in labour-intensive manufacturing and constraints on labour absorption in the service sector. Of the slightly more than 500 million rural young people projected globally in 2030, two thirds will be in sub-Saharan Africa and in South Asia. In many African countries farming still employs over half of a rapidly growing labour force, and the absolute number of agricultural workers is still rising (although the share of the labour force is falling with structural transformation). Where agriculture is called upon to deliver job security as well as food security, vulnerability to climate change presents major risks for the large numbers of young job-seekers. Adaptation to climate change is feasible, and options will increase as new technologies and management approaches come onstream. Adaptation requires proactive planning and investments in relevant infrastructure and agricultural science. Strategies for job creation in highly affected countries must accord more attention than is the case at present to agriculture, both on the farm and in the food system. 2019-12-13 2024-06-21T09:07:37Z 2024-06-21T09:07:37Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146581 en https://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2018.1538002 https://www.ifad.org/en/w/publications/research-series-issue-44-gender-rural-youth-and-structural-transformation-evidence-to-inform-innovative-youth-programming Open Access International Fund for Agricultural Development Brooks, Karen; Dunston, Shahnila; Wiebe, Keith; Arndt, Channing; Hartley, Faaiqa; and Robertson, Richard. 2019. Climate and jobs for rural young people. Rural Development Report Background Papers 49. https://www.ifad.org/documents/38714170/41187395/09_Brooks+et+al._2019+RDR+BACKGROUND+PAPER.pdf/287f3f48-a822-1eba-d479-c746b7f4ba72
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Dunston, Shahnila
Wiebe, Keith D.
Arndt, Channing
Hartley, Faaiqa
Robertson, Richard D.
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agriculture
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