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EU and UN agencies join forces to address root causes of child labour
2023
BRUSSELS – The European Commission, the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with the International Trade Centre (ITC), have launched a joint programme to tackle the root causes of child labour in supply...
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Boosting the poultry sector in Sierra Leone through green and youth-led innovation
2023
In the framework of the Africa Food Systems Forum Summit 2023, held in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, from 5 to 8 September2023, 12 agripreneurs from across the African continent were shortlisted to participate in the GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize. Innovation, market potential, social and environmental impact were among the criteria of selection....
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Green jobs as a way of fighting climate change in Mauritania
2023
The project Building resilience in the Sahel Region through job creation for youth, funded by the Federal Government of Germany, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), works with rural youth and regional and national stakeholders, to build resilience and social cohesion among young people by improving the stability of...
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Building resilience in the Sahel. Innovatively supporting youth’s access to decent employment and green jobs in agrifood systems - In Brief
2023
The number of young people in the Sahel is unprecedented, with over 60 percent of the population below 25 years of age. Two thirds of them live in rural areas, often lacking access to employment, skills, financial services, inputs and technology (World Bank, 2018). Although the region’s youth population is...
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Building resilience in the Sahel region through job creation for youth - Innovatively supporting youth’s access to decent employment and green jobs in agrifood systems
2023
The Sahel region is nowadays facing many challenges, including insecurity, rising extremism, lacking of economic prospects and decent employment opportunities, besides also experiencing poor access to education, vocational training and overall basic services.
Youth are among the most vulnerable group in the region, and although youth population is expected to grow,...
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