Integrated Country Approach (ICA) for boosting decent jobs for youth in the agrifood system -  Fourth phase (2024–2027)

FAO

Integrated Country Approach (ICA) for boosting decent jobs for youth in the agrifood system - Fourth phase (2024–2027)

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

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Synopsis (short abstract) The Brief provides an overview of the project “Integrated Country Approach for boosting decent jobs for youth in agrifood system, Phase IV” (ICA 4).Since 2011, FAO has been implementing the Integrated Country Approach (ICA) programme to assist countries in developing inclusive agrifood policies, strategies and programmes for the promotion of youth engagement and employment in agrifood system. The fourth phase, that will be implemented in Ecuador, Viet Nam, and Zambia, aims at improving market functions or rules to generate more and better jobs for the rural youth. The brief presents the ICA-4 approach in detail. The brief includes the following sections: (i) youth employment in agrifood systems related challenges addressed by the project; (ii) project’ and target countries (Ecuador, Viet Nam and Zambia); (iii) expected results; and (iv) project’s logic.

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