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Investment guidelines for youth in agrifood systems in Africa









FAO and AUC. 2022. Investment guidelines for youth in agrifood systems in Africa. Rome.




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    This investment brief highlights the importance of youth as change agents and key stakeholders contributing to sustainable agrifood systems. It provides an overview of the Investment guidelines for youth in agrifood systems in Africa developed jointly by FAO and the African Union Commission through a multi-stakeholder and participatory process. The guidelines aim to accelerate investments in and by youth in agrifood systems by providing practical guidance, including tools and examples, to design, develop, implement, monitor and evaluate youth-focused and youth-sensitive investment programmes and to engage youth fully as partners throughout the entire process. The brief calls for wide dissemination of the guidelines, capacity building of relevant stakeholders to apply them at national and local levels, and concerted and coordinated action to reach these goals.
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    This document describe the good practice of a youth-inclusive policymaking process supported in Uganda between 2015 and 2022 under the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Integrated Country Approach (ICA) for boosting decent jobs for youth in the agrifood system. The document describes the different steps that led to the adoption of a youth-targeted strategy for employment in the agricultural sector in 2017 and the institutional mechanisms set to guarantee the active engagement of multiple stakeholders in the process, starting from the youth themselves. Specific success factors and lessons learned are also emphasized, including the role of FAO as neutral facilitator, the empowerment and active engagement of youth organizations and the need for adequate monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of policy frameworks and commitments. Finally, the documents suggests step-by-step tips for youth-inclusive policymaking around agrifood systems development that emerged from the Uganda experience, but are considered globally relevant and highly replicable.
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    Building resilience and social cohesion of Sahelian youth through their inclusion in agrifood systems
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    The Sahel region is a place of opportunities, rich in human, natural and cultural resources. However, insecurity, climate change, the rise of violent extremism, the erosion of social cohesion and the lack of economic and employment opportunities, are some of the major challenges faced in the region. The regional forum ‘’Building resilience and social cohesion of Sahelian youth through their inclusion in agrifood systems was organized by the FAO in collaboration with the G5 Sahel Secretariat and technically supported by the Mauritania Investment Promotion Agency (APIM), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). This guidance note presents the proceedings and deliberations agreed at the regional forum while highlighting priorities for young people’s most urgent needs in order to facilitate social cohesion and their inclusion in the rural development of their territories while identifying existing opportunities to strengthen youth inclusion in agrifood systems.

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