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Investment guidelines for youth in agrifood systems in Africa

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 121 p.

Author FAO, AUC

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-135896-2

Synopsis (short abstract) The Investment guidelines for youth in agrifood systems in Africa, developed jointly by FAO and the African Union Commission (AUC) through a multi-stakeholder and participatory process, highlight the importance of youth as change agents and key stakeholders contributing to sustainable agrifood systems. 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 in the entire process. The guidelines were prepared with the support of the AUC and FAO Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) “Partnership to Support AU’s Strategies on Social Protection, School Feeding and Rural Youth Employment” of the FAO Regional Office for Africa (RAF) and from the Investment Centre (CFI). This publication is part of the Investment Toolkits series under the FAO Investment Centre's Knowledge for Investment (K4I) programme.

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

https://doi.org/10.4060/cb9001en

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