The report provides an assessment on leveraging synergies between youth and Agrifood systems for eliminating unemployment among youth.(15-29).
- It becomes important as ~85% of the world's 1.3 billion youth live in lower income countries and nearly half of all youth (46%) still live in rural areas.
Key Highlights of Report
- Economic Growth: Employment could generate a 1.4% boost in global GDP with ~45% driven by increased youth participation in agrifood systems
- Youth Participation: 44% of working youth relies on agrifood systems for employment, compared to 38% for working adults.
- Decline in Working youth in agrifood systems: It has decreased from 54% (2005) to 44%(2021).
- Food insecurity: It has risen from 16.7%(2014-16) to 24.4%(2021-23)
Challenges of Youth participation in Agriculture
- Social Status: E.g. Farmers are perceived as having a lower social status.
- Climate Change: E.g. Risks associated with it demotivates young people
- Skewed Internal Migration: E.g. In India, SC/STs individuals aged 16–40 are overrepresented in short-term migration.
- Women Inequality: E.g. Women relinquish their share of inherited land in favour of brothers.
- Landlessness: E.g. Most young people are landless and start farming on rented land.
Making Agrifood Systems Work For Youth
