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Status of Youth in Agrifood Systems: Report released by FAO

Posted 08 Jul 2025

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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

  • Tags :
  • Agrifood
  • Youth in Agriculture
  • Youth in Agrifood
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