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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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    The evaluation highlights the project's strong alignment with national priorities and FAO objectives, effectively addressing the needs of youth organizations and rural youth. It successfully enhanced the capacity of youth in agrifood systems, including agricultural production, digital and financial literacy, and marketing. While progress was made in developing agricultural value chains, further improvement is needed by adopting a strategic market systems approach. The ICA project fostered multistakeholder engagement, strengthening sustainability through national collaboration. However, challenges remain, particularly in access to finance for young agripreneurs and the need for tailored interventions to support diverse youth needs. The evaluation recommends: i) Adopting a strategic market systems approach for sustained systemic change; ii) Continuing a holistic, multi-stakeholder approach to provide comprehensive support to youth; iii) Implementing a two-stage targeting strategy, starting with youth structures and then focusing on individuals, ensuring inclusion of vulnerable groups; iv) Developing an exit strategy that ensures long-term sustainability in countries not continuing in future project phases; v) Establishing a comprehensive results framework and monitoring system for all ICA country projects.
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    The project's third phase, which took place in Guatemala, Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal and Uganda, aimed to adopt and implement agrifood system development policies, strategies and programmes. These initiatives focused on youth and were sensitive to both gender and decent work. They intended to generate knowledge, raise awareness on youth emplyment programmes, and develop stakeholder capacity and interinstitutional coordination in the agrifood system. The project also focused on strengthening FAO tools and internal capacity to promote gender-sensistive youth emplyment, foster regional and global knowledge sharing and partnerships, and support youth beneficiaries in coping with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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