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Promoting Nutrition-Sensitive Agricultural Diversification in Eastern Africa - GCP/SFE/001/MUL

Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

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Synopsis (short abstract) Africa is the world’s youngest continent, with more than half of the population under 25 years of age. Unleashing the capacity of young women and men to effectively participate in the modernization of the agricultural sector is imperative for enhanced resilience, improved food security and poverty reduction. Rural youth employment has been identified as a major national and regional priority in Eastern Africa. Aquaculture and poultry production are agricultural areas with the potential to boost nutritious food production, livelihood diversification and income generation. Sustainable, integrated and innovative practices to enhance youth entrepreneurship were needed, as well as supporting mechanisms to enable farmers to produce nutrient-dense foods for schoolchildren, the community at large and domestic and regional markets. Against this background, the project aimed to promote greater diversity and intensification of the poultry and aquaculture value chains, to improve nutrition and offer better job prospects for young people in four recipient countries in Eastern Africa: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. Lessons learned and good practices derived from the four baby projects were shared with other countries in the subregion: Djibouti, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia and United Republic of Tanzania.

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