Youth Engagement in Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges
Engaging youth in agriculture is increasingly being recognized as a critical component of the sustainable development pathway. Worldwide, there is growing concern that young people have become disenchanted with agriculture. About 85% of the young people live in developing countries, where agricultur...
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| author | Mungai, Catherine Muchaba, Tabitha Szilagyi, Lili Radeny, Maren A.O. Atakos, Vivian Ntiokam, Divine |
| author_browse | Atakos, Vivian Muchaba, Tabitha Mungai, Catherine Ntiokam, Divine Radeny, Maren A.O. Szilagyi, Lili |
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| description | Engaging youth in agriculture is increasingly being recognized as a critical component of the sustainable development pathway. Worldwide, there is growing concern that young people have become disenchanted with agriculture. About 85% of the young people live in developing countries, where agriculture is likely to provide the main source of income. It is, therefore, vital that young people are actively engaged in agriculture. In order to understand the challenges and opportunities for young people in agriculture, especially in the context of a changing climate, CCAFS East Africa, CSAYN, ACLYP, ICCO Cooperation, AgriProfocus and the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock hosted a series of events and discussions in 2016 and 2017. These included three online discussion forums focusing on different themes including youth, climate-smart agriculture, agribusiness, information communication technology (ICT) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were hosted on the Climate and Agriculture Network for Africa (CANA) platform. Building on the online discussions, a webinar was also organized in 2017. In 2016, the youth engagement efforts culminated in a side event at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change twenty-second session of the Conference of the Parties (COP22) in November, in Marrakech in Morocco.
This report summarizes the outcomes of the online discussions, webinar and side event, focusing on the challenges and opportunities of youth engagement in climate-smart agriculture. |
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| spelling | CGSpace929792025-02-20T11:27:32Z Youth Engagement in Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges Mungai, Catherine Muchaba, Tabitha Szilagyi, Lili Radeny, Maren A.O. Atakos, Vivian Ntiokam, Divine agriculture climate change food security Engaging youth in agriculture is increasingly being recognized as a critical component of the sustainable development pathway. Worldwide, there is growing concern that young people have become disenchanted with agriculture. About 85% of the young people live in developing countries, where agriculture is likely to provide the main source of income. It is, therefore, vital that young people are actively engaged in agriculture. In order to understand the challenges and opportunities for young people in agriculture, especially in the context of a changing climate, CCAFS East Africa, CSAYN, ACLYP, ICCO Cooperation, AgriProfocus and the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock hosted a series of events and discussions in 2016 and 2017. These included three online discussion forums focusing on different themes including youth, climate-smart agriculture, agribusiness, information communication technology (ICT) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were hosted on the Climate and Agriculture Network for Africa (CANA) platform. Building on the online discussions, a webinar was also organized in 2017. In 2016, the youth engagement efforts culminated in a side event at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change twenty-second session of the Conference of the Parties (COP22) in November, in Marrakech in Morocco. This report summarizes the outcomes of the online discussions, webinar and side event, focusing on the challenges and opportunities of youth engagement in climate-smart agriculture. 2018-05-31 2018-05-31T12:05:15Z 2018-05-31T12:05:15Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92979 en Open Access application/pdf Mungai C, Muchaba T, Szilagyi L, Radeny M, Atakos V, Ntiokam D. 2018. Youth Engagement in Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges. Wageningen, Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). |
| spellingShingle | agriculture climate change food security Mungai, Catherine Muchaba, Tabitha Szilagyi, Lili Radeny, Maren A.O. Atakos, Vivian Ntiokam, Divine Youth Engagement in Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges |
| title | Youth Engagement in Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges |
| title_full | Youth Engagement in Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges |
| title_fullStr | Youth Engagement in Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Youth Engagement in Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges |
| title_short | Youth Engagement in Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges |
| title_sort | youth engagement in climate smart agriculture in africa opportunities and challenges |
| topic | agriculture climate change food security |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92979 |
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