Young people, agriculture, and employment in rural Africa

Arbeitspapier

This paper examines the current interest in addressing the problem of young people's unemployment in Africa through agriculture. Using notions of transitions and mobilities we set out a transformative work and opportunity space framework that privileges difference and diversity among work opportunities, rural areas and young people. We argue that policy and programmes that seek to engage young people with agriculture must be more realistic, rooted in more context-specific economic and social analysis, and appreciative of the variety of ways that rural men and women use agriculture to serve their needs and interests.

Angaben zum Objekt

• ISBN: 978-92-9230-801-8
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2014/080

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; Economic History: Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment, and Extractive Industries: Africa; Oceania ; Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products ; Agricultural Policy; Food Policy
• Thema: young people ; transformation ; agriculture ; entrepreneurialism

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Sumberg, James ; Anyidoho, Nana Akua ; Chasukwa, Michael ; Chinsinga, Blessings ; Leavy, Jennifer ; Tadele, Getnet ; Whitfield, Stephen ; Yaro, Joseph
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (wo): Helsinki
• (wann): 2014

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2014/801-8
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/97125
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ