Digital innovation for promoting decent rural employment in agriculture for youth and women in the Near East and North Africa

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Digital innovation for promoting decent rural employment in agriculture for youth and women in the Near East and North Africa

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Year of publication 2023

Place of publication Cairo, Egypt ;

Pages 29 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

Category Corporate general interest

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Synopsis (short abstract) This paper examines how information and communications (ICT) technologies can contribute to decent employment of youth and women in the agrifood sector. In other regions, the widespread adoption and integration of ICTs has reduced information and transaction costs, improved service delivery, created new jobs, generated new revenue streams and saved resources. The analysis explores the current status of ICT uptake and certain age and gender-specific barriers before highlighting existing efforts to leverage digital technologies to create and facilitate access to decent employment for youth and women in agrifood systems. The paper aims to identify key entry points to ensure digital technologies are better leveraged in Near East and North Africa agrifood systems to foster decent employment in a way that is gender and age responsive..

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FAO. 2023. Digital innovation for promoting decent rural employment in agriculture for youth and women in the Near East and North Africa. Cairo.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cc6312en

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