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The study Promoting decent and productive employment of young people in rural areas: A review of strategies and programmes analysed the realities and challenges young rural women and men face in their working environment. Through the lens of the four pillars of the United Nation's Decent Work Agenda – creating jobs and enterprises, guaranteeing rights at work, extending social protection, and promoting social dialogue – the two agencies reviewed 23 programmes worldwide, including an in-depth review of five IFAD-supported projects in Egypt, Madagascar, Nepal, Nicaragua and Senegal. 

Snehal Asdul from Piranche village is now an engineering student in a Pune college.© MAMB.  Snehal Adsul, the 18-year old daughter of a poor famer in Parinche, a small village in Maharashtra, never imagined she would be studying engineering in a college in Pune city. For Shripad Jadhav of the same village, his entry into college to pursue a science career is an incredible experience.

The competition is an attempt to capture and showcase the voices of youth and their contribution to agriculture for development, whether in research, in production or assisting a community to develop a sustainable livelihood.

The President of Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Dr. Namaga Ngongi, was at the recently held international conference on “Young People, Farming & Food: the future of the Agrifood sector in Africa,” in Accra, Ghana.

In his paper on the role of Young People in Africa’s Agriculture revolution, Dr. Ngongi spoke extensively on measures that will make agriculture attractive to the youths.

Involving youth in agricultural development and decision making processes is key to ensuring sustainable development in Africa, and framing this within the context of ICTs and entrepreneurship provides a valuable dimension to the discourse of agricultural modernization and prosperity. Her Excellency Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture of African Union Commission, said this while officiating at a workshop held in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia, 29 March 2012, on youth, ICT and entrepreneurship in agriculture, organised by Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Co-operation (CTA) and NEPAD E-Africa Programme.

More photos of the event are available here.

 By Sithembile N Mwamakamba, FANRPAN

The challenge for the panel on Livelihoods at the Young People, Farming and Food conference was to highlight the benefits and opportunities available for the youth in the agri-food sector. Can young people make a living from agriculture?  Three speakers offered varying perspectives on the question. Getnet Tadele presented perceptions of farming as a livelihood in Ethiopia where the government in various policies is emphasizing the need to cultivate a new generation of literate farmers. Christine Okali presented a case study of livelihood building in rural Brong Ahafo in Ghana. And Mandlenkosi Sibanda highlighted the interaction of race and youth, particularly the role of this interface in influencing agricultural outcomes in the post-land reform Zimbabwe. 

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