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This leaflet provides an overview of the current phase of the FAO’s Integrate Country Approach (ICA) for boosting decent jobs for youth in the agri-food system programme (2019-2022), which is funded by Sweden and active in Guatemala, Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal and Uganda. It presents the programme beneficiaries, approach, expected results...

Internal and international migrants contribute to agriculture and rural development in many ways, not only by sending remittances or transferring knowledge to their home countries, but also by working in agri-food systems and in ensuring our food supplies. The COVID-19 pandemic has put in the spotlight the vital role migrants...

Youth (18-35 years) constitute 40 percent of the population in Kiambu, a peri-urban area in close proximity to Nairobi, Kenya. Kiambu offers a vibrant agricultural sector, but despite the meaningful employment and agribusiness opportunities it holds, agriculture witnesses low participation from the youth segment of the population. A combination of...

This fact sheet is part of a series that provides an overview of several statistics for each of the five countries of FAO’s programme Integrate Country Approach (ICA) for boosting decent jobs for youth in the agri-food system, namely Guatemala, Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal, and Uganda. More particularly, the statistics proposed...

This fact sheet is part of a series that provides an overview of several statistics for each of the five countries of FAO’s programme Integrate Country Approach (ICA) for boosting decent jobs for youth in the agri-food system, namely Guatemala, Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal, and Uganda. More particularly, the statistics proposed...