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Scaling-Up Youth Entrepreneurship in Agriculture

Boosting access to jobs through adapted skills training: Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools (JFFLS)

Year of publication 2016

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Decent employment is vital in achieving food security and reducing poverty. In impoverished rural communities around the world, men and women often depend solely on the income from their labour, because it is the only asset they have. Employment opportunities are, however, often precarious, poorly remunerated and the conditions in which they work can be dangerous. With more than 85 percent of young people living in developing countries, accounting for approximately 24 percent of the working poor , expanding national and regional policies and interventions on youth employment is essential.

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