Welcome to the YouthLead Agriculture and Food Security Hub. Meet other young changemakers and find tools to begin or enhance your own journey.
Highlights
Youth and Agriculture: key challenges and concrete solutions
The global population is expected to increase to 9 billion by 2050, with youth (aged 15–24) accounting for about 14 percent of this total. While the world’s youth cohort is expected to grow, employment and entrepreneurial opportunities for youth – particularly those living in developing countries’ economically stagnant rural areas – remain limited, poorly remunerated and of poor quality. In recognition of the agricultural sector’s potential to serve as a source of livelihood opportunities for rural youth, a joint MIJARC/FAO/IFAD project on Facilitating Access of Rural Youth to Agricultural Activities was carried out in 2011 to assess the challenges and opportunities with respect to increasing rural youth’s participation in the sector. Over the course of the project, six principal challenges were identified. For each challenge, this publication presents a series of relevant case studies that serve as examples of how this challenge may be overcome.
Youth in Agri-Food Systems: Starter Kit
The Youth in Agri-Food Systems: Starter Kit contains 15 of the most informative resources on the YouthLead website related to youth participation in agri-food systems. Here you will find tools separated by focus: background materials on the current status of food security and hunger, materials on how the COVID-19 pandemic and agri-food systems feed into each other, and resources on increasing youth participation in local agri-food systems.
According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the number of people affected by hunger has been steadily increasing since 2014. Achieving sustainable food security will require reductions in poverty, hunger, malnutrition, food waste, and lack of access to arable land—among other contributing factors. This kit contains 15 of the most informative resources on the YouthLead website related to youth participation in agri-food systems to bring us closer to that goal. Here you will find tools separated by focus: background materials on the current status of food security and hunger, materials on how the COVID-19 pandemic and agri-food systems feed into each other, and resources on increasing youth participation in local agri-food systems.
Engaging Youth in Agriculture through Information and Communication Technologies
Engaging Youth in Agriculture through Information and Communication Technologies
Read about the challenges youth face in agriculture and case studies and analyses of potential opportunities to improve engagement with youth in agriculture, including: shifting the perception of farming within rural families and communities; exposing youth to agriculture early on, incorporating all aspects of the value chain (rather than just farming); increasing the profitability and productivity of farming; and introducing agriculture problems to youth to resolve them.
International Paid Agriculture Exchange Programs
Communicating for Agriculture Exchange Programs (CAEP) brings young adults together from all over the world to share and learn ideas, beliefs, and agricultural practices through international paid agriculture exchange programs. Our vision is to interconnect our world peacefully through our paid agriculture exchange programs in order for our exchange visitors to identify themselves as world citizens transcending from any geographical, cultural or political borders.
For over 30 years, CAEP has given young adults an opportunity to experience the world and gain the confidence they need to prepare themselves for their future in agriculture. Through our agriculture exchange programs, rural families and agricultural operations also have a unique chance to be touched by other cultures, resulting in lifelong friendships.
Regeneration International Resources
Why is regenerative agriculture a climate change solution? How can you practice regenerative agriculture in your backyard? How can you join the movement? This hand-picked set of resources will help you dig deeper into regenerative food, farming and land use.
“Regenerative Agriculture” describes farming and grazing practices that, among other benefits, reverse climate change by rebuilding soil organic matter and restoring degraded soil biodiversity – resulting in both carbon drawdown and improving the water cycle.
Browse the recommended resources here.
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