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This brief presents the youth-to-youth mentorship experience promoted by the Youth Inspiring Youth in Agriculture (YIYA) Initiative in Uganda in 2017. It presents eight youth-to-youth mentorship models, and provides recommendations on how to harness the full potential of youth-to-youth mentorship in youth agripreneurship development initiatives.

This brief summarizes the finding from a study conducted in 2017 by the EPRC for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on the employment status of young persons aged 14-17 and their engagement in agriculture in Uganda.

L'objectif du cadre de la FAO est de guider l'Organisation et son personnel dans l'intégration de mesures qui traitent du travail des enfants sur le lieu de travail, des programmes et des initiatives typiques de la FAO aux niveaux mondial, régional et national. Son objectif est d'améliorer le respect des...

This report examines how forests contribute to or suffer from disasters. Three events are examined: the tempest Gudrun (Sweden, 2005); the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami (Japan 2011); and the 2017 firestorm in Chile.

Thecoronavirusdisease (COVID-19) pandemic has had a significant impact on forest operations and industries around the world, including the suspension of logging activities, with direct and serious implications for workers and enterprises.