Este estudio para Colombia, busca comprender las trayectorias y aspiraciones de los jóvenes rurales y el papel del territorio y las políticas públicas en ellas, esto, desde su contribución a la reducción de las restricciones para su inclusión económica. Así, se analizan los obstáculos y limitantes que encuentran los jóvenes...

Mundialmente, três milhões de cooperativas contribuem significamente com o crescimento econômico, com geração de empregos estáveis e de qualidade, de acordo com a ACI. São mais de 280 milhões de pessoas em todo o mundo trabalhando em cooperativas, o que representa 10% da população empregada. Além disso, as 300 maiores...

Foram criados sete tipos de selos: o SENAF, SENAF mulher, SENAF juventude, SENAF quilombola, SENAF indígena, SENAF sociobiodiversidade e SENAF empresas O Ministério da Agricultura instituiu mudanças no Selo Nacional da Agricultura Familiar (Senaf), por meio da Portaria 161, de 9/8/2019, publicada no Diário Oficial da União (DOU) desta quarta-feira, 14. O...

CEJA, Rural Youth Europe and MIJARC Europe, the three main European organisations representing rural youth and young farmers, launched their 2019 EU elections manifesto today. The document, titled “Empowering Young Farmers and Rural Youth”, was released on the occasion of the “EU Young Farmer Speed Dating” event hosted by CEJA in...

El presente trabajo se concentra en los resultados del Censo 2017 para los hogares rurales integrados por algún joven y para la población joven rural. Es un trabajo descriptivo que aspira a mostrar, a grandes rasgos, la situación actual de la juventud rural, tanto las dificultades que enfrentan como las...

Según un nuevo informe presentado hoy por el Fondo Internacional de Desarrollo Agrícola (FIDA), los proyectos de desarrollo que integran las inversiones en los pueblos indígenas rurales, los jóvenes y las mujeres con medidas para adaptarse al cambio climático tienen más probabilidades de tener éxito en América Latina y el...

Since its official launch in May 2016, Agribusiness web TV has been promoting various initiatives by young farmers and entrepreneurs who have become involved in the agricultural sector. This publication presents twenty-four of these youth initiatives that are engaged in production, processing (cereals, chocolate), green jobs and nutrition (organic market...

En el presente documento se realiza una revisión de los principales hallazgos en la literatura sobre las juventudes rurales en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), así como una sistematización de los datos disponibles para este grupo poblacional, abordando el período comprendido entre 2008 y 2018. Las juventudes rurales de...

In the race to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and attain the aspirations of the Agenda 2063 and the 2025 Malabo Goals of the African Union, young men and women are the key drivers in our combined efforts to reach the finish line on time. The 2014 AU Malabo Summit...

Organic farming in China is benefitting from the online shopping boom. Love Village is one of many small-scale farms trying to make use of the direct-to-consumer model facilitated by the internet. Can it provide stable sales and a loyal consumer base? And how will investment from big companies change things? These questions are on the...

Engaging young women and men in an agricultural sector characterized by an ageing labour force is crucial to ensure sustainable food security, reduce youth unemployment and combat unplanned migration. By harnessing their innovative potential, utilizing new technologies and techniques and taking advantage of new opportunities in emerging value chains, young...

The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.

This book represents the proceedings of the International Symposium on Agricultural Innovation for Family Farmers: Unlocking the potential of agricultural innovation to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, which took place at FAO headquarters, 21-23 November 2018. FAO convened the symposium to provide inspiration for innovation actors and decision‑makers to unlock...

Purity Karemi didn’t plan on becoming a farmer. The 25-year-old went to university in Nairobi to get a degree in procurement and management, and both she and her family expected she would stay on in the bustling city. But an FAO training changed all of that.

Young people have key roles to play in helping achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. With this in mind, FAO is actively trying to involve young people in taking actions for a better future. One of the ways recent FAO has done this is through an annual youth camp held...

CEJA's 2019 Activity Report is the organisation's annual summary of its activities for the year that has passed. It contains information about CEJA, its Presidency and Secrtariat, the topics it tackled 2019 and the projects it is involved in.

For rural youth, many of the opportunities available locally are in agriculture, but young people often view this sector as tedious, risky, low-income and generally, not a worthwhile pursuit. They prefer to migrate to larger cities in the hopes of finding a better life.  To directly address these issues, FAO is...

Youth in rural areas, and young farmers in particular, enhance rural vitality and pave the way for stronger value chains and rural prosperity. Generational renewal is one of the preconditions for improved competitiveness of the agricultural sector over the longer term and for sustainable food production in Europe. Rural Development...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

This video describes the Integrated Country Approach, an FAO’s youth project in Uganda which provides strategic technical support to government of Uganda in developing youth inclusive National Policies and Strategies for Youth Employment in Agriculture. The project also supports evidence generation, dialogues and training. Through capacity building, the ability of...