Employment and livelihoods: Connecting Africa’s rural and urban areas for rural revitalization
Improvements in rural employment opportunities, both on-farm and off-farm, are essential to rural revitalization. This chapter explores the potential for creating more and better rural jobs in agriculture, agribusiness, and other rural-based businesses in Africa south of the Sahara, where the rural...
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| author | Diao, Xinshen Dorosh, Paul A. Kedir Jemal, Mekamu Kennedy, Adam Thurlow, James |
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| description | Improvements in rural employment opportunities, both on-farm and off-farm, are essential to rural revitalization. This chapter explores the potential for creating more and better rural jobs in agriculture, agribusiness, and other rural-based businesses in Africa south of the Sahara, where the rural population is growing and poverty is prevalent. Market links to urban areas will be vital to better livelihoods. Connectivity through an expanding road system and information and communications technologies (ICTs) in Africa is bringing people closer to markets, but more investment is needed. A territorial approach designed to further integrate rural economies with secondary cities and small towns shows promise for generating rural employment and transforming rural areas. For Asia, especially among youth populations, expansion of ICTs can provide the connectivity needed to spur rural revitalization. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1468582025-11-06T05:35:51Z Employment and livelihoods: Connecting Africa’s rural and urban areas for rural revitalization Diao, Xinshen Dorosh, Paul A. Kedir Jemal, Mekamu Kennedy, Adam Thurlow, James rural urban relations rural development strategies food policies nutrition policies agricultural policies employment sustainability agricultural transformation transport infrastructure agricultural development livelihoods rural development food security rural areas Improvements in rural employment opportunities, both on-farm and off-farm, are essential to rural revitalization. This chapter explores the potential for creating more and better rural jobs in agriculture, agribusiness, and other rural-based businesses in Africa south of the Sahara, where the rural population is growing and poverty is prevalent. Market links to urban areas will be vital to better livelihoods. Connectivity through an expanding road system and information and communications technologies (ICTs) in Africa is bringing people closer to markets, but more investment is needed. A territorial approach designed to further integrate rural economies with secondary cities and small towns shows promise for generating rural employment and transforming rural areas. For Asia, especially among youth populations, expansion of ICTs can provide the connectivity needed to spur rural revitalization. 2019-02-27 2024-06-21T09:09:05Z 2024-06-21T09:09:05Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146858 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293502 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Diao, Xinshen; Dorosh, Paul A.; Kedir Jemal, Mekamu; Kennedy, Adam; and Thurlow, James. 2019. Employment and livelihoods: Connecting Africa’s rural and urban areas for rural revitalization. In 2019 Global food policy report. Chapter 4, Pp. 36-43. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146858 |
| spellingShingle | rural urban relations rural development strategies food policies nutrition policies agricultural policies employment sustainability agricultural transformation transport infrastructure agricultural development livelihoods rural development food security rural areas Diao, Xinshen Dorosh, Paul A. Kedir Jemal, Mekamu Kennedy, Adam Thurlow, James Employment and livelihoods: Connecting Africa’s rural and urban areas for rural revitalization |
| title | Employment and livelihoods: Connecting Africa’s rural and urban areas for rural revitalization |
| title_full | Employment and livelihoods: Connecting Africa’s rural and urban areas for rural revitalization |
| title_fullStr | Employment and livelihoods: Connecting Africa’s rural and urban areas for rural revitalization |
| title_full_unstemmed | Employment and livelihoods: Connecting Africa’s rural and urban areas for rural revitalization |
| title_short | Employment and livelihoods: Connecting Africa’s rural and urban areas for rural revitalization |
| title_sort | employment and livelihoods connecting africa s rural and urban areas for rural revitalization |
| topic | rural urban relations rural development strategies food policies nutrition policies agricultural policies employment sustainability agricultural transformation transport infrastructure agricultural development livelihoods rural development food security rural areas |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146858 |
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