FAO Publications

Here is a selection of titles proposed by FAO Publications for forum participants who would like to read more on youth engagement and employment.

Knowledge, information and education

Developing the knowledge, skills and talent of youth to further food security and nutrition

This publication includes a synthesis of a broad range of approaches and initiatives for developing capacities, knowledge, and skills among youth – both women and men, to engage and empower them to further food security and nutrition.

Further reading

Infographic on rural youth and education

YUNGA Challenge Badges

Productive tools, extension, advisory and financial services;

Sustainable agricultural mechanization: A framework for Africa

This Framework provides a menu of the priority elements to be considered by countries in Africa, south of the Sahara in the process of developing their national strategies for sustainable agricultural mechanization (SAM).

Training, education and mentorship programmes;

Hire services as a business enterprise: A training manual for small-scale mechanization service providers

This manual for hire service providers covers machinery operation and maintenance, draught animal care, financial procedures and other topics, organized in 5 modules and 27 sessions.

Rural migration in Tunisia: Drivers and patterns of rural youth migration and its impact on food security and rural livelihoods in Tunisia 

This report calls for a strong political engagement both nationally and internationally to revive rural economies and reverse trends such as low farming productivity and inadequate access to technology and resources.

Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools − Manuals for trainers

This series includes 16 practical modules that provide step-by-step guidance to trainers that are willing to start a Junior Farmer Field and Life School.

Further reading

Integrated pest management of Fall Armyworm on maize. A guide for farmer field schools in Africa

Farmers taking the lead

Innovation and new technologies

FAO’s work on agricultural innovation

This brochure highlights the importance of innovation as a means to achieve food security and the Sustainable Development Goals. It also calls for a shift from interventions focusing on single components of agricultural innovation towards a system-approach aimed at better responding to smallholder farmers’ needs.

Digital technologies in agriculture and rural areas

This report identifies basic conditions and enablers for digital agriculture transformation (e.g. infrastructure, affordability, institutional support, use of social networks) and describes its impact on agri-food systems.

Success stories on information and communication technologies for agriculture and rural development (second edition)

ICTs can transform lives and improve livelihoods in agriculture by helping to secure savings, find affordable insurance and tools to manage risk, increase access to financial services, and provide business opportunities.

Further reading

Information and communication technology (ICT) in agriculture

Gender and ICTs

Tackling poverty and hunger through digital innovation

In action − Nuclear applications in agriculture

Use of mobile phones by the rural poor – Gender perspectives from selected Asian countries

Markets

Innovative markets for sustainable agriculture: How innovations in market institutions encourage sustainable agriculture in developing countries

This publication presents 15 cases from around the world, providing insights into institutional change and how a different type of market incentive contributes to the redefinition and adoption of sustainable practices by farmers.

Policy-making processes

FAO’s work on social protection: Contributing to Zero Hunger, poverty reduction and resilience in rural areas

This brochure highlights the role that social protection plays in addressing many of the barriers poor rural households face in building resilient and sustainable livelihoods; it also shows that low-income countries can afford to provide it for their citizens.

Youth and agriculture: Key challenges and concrete solutions

This publication shows how tailor-made educational programmes can provide rural youth with the skills and insights needed to engage in farming and adopt environmentally friendly production methods.

Rural Youth aged 15−17: The right season to seed the future

Considering the challenges faced by rural youth, this report proposes policies to increase human capital and channel resources towards youth aged 15–17 to ensure equal access to education and decent jobs.

Preparing and accessing decent work amongst rural youth in Cambodia

This case study reports on gaps, including language, IT and technical skills in Cambodia’s agricultural workers. In response to these challenges, policymakers have adopted technical and soft skill development programmes to invest in the future of their agricultural workforce.

Further reading

The State of Food and Agriculture 2017

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the world 2017

Diagnóstico participativo de comunicación para el desarrollo con jóvenes rurales de Guatemala

Rural youth employment and agri-food systems in Kenya. A rapid context analysis

Emploi rural des jeunes et systèmes agroalimentaires au Sénégal

Rural youth employment and agri–food systems in Uganda

Promoting alternatives to migration for rural youth in Tunisia and Ethiopia

FAO's Integrated Country Approach (ICA) for promoting decent rural employment

Analysis of existing approaches for rural youth employment in Uganda

Decent rural employment, productivity effects and poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa

Youth mobility, food security and rural poverty reduction (RYM)

FAO, private and public partnership model for youth employment in agriculture experiences from Malawi, Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar archipelago

The rural youth mobility project: Methodology and results

Additional sources

http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/cfs-hlpe/comment/4211 

http://www.fao.org/publications/highlights-detail/en/c/1256280/

http://www.fao.org/publications/highlights-detail/en/c/1204620/  

http://www.fao.org/publications/highlights-detail/en/c/1149657/ 

http://www.fao.org/rural-employment/work-areas/youth-employment/en/