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African rural youth engagement in agribusiness: achievements, limitations, and lessons

dc.contributor.authorYami, A.
dc.contributor.authorFeleke, S.
dc.contributor.authorAbdoulaye, Tahirou
dc.contributor.authorAlene, A.
dc.contributor.authorBamba, Z.
dc.contributor.authorManyong, Victor M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:30:12Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:30:12Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-01
dc.identifier.citationYami, M., Feleke, S., Abdoulaye, T., Alene, A., Bamba, Z. & Manyong, V. (2019). African rural youth engagement in agribusiness: achievements, limitations, and lessons. Sustainability, 11(1):185, 1-15.
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/5221
dc.descriptionOpen Access Journal
dc.description.abstractEngaging rural youth in agribusiness has become an important strategy to create employment opportunities in Africa. To this end, governments and development partners have implemented various interventions that facilitate youth engagement in agribusiness for several years. However, there is a dearth of evidence on what worked and what did not work well, making it difficult to inform evidence-based policy making. In an effort to fill this knowledge gap, a comprehensive literature review of the outcomes of interventions related to youth engagement in agribusiness was conducted using a deductive coding approach. Results showed that the interventions implemented by governments and development partners across Africa have succeeded in producing favorable outcomes despite some limitations. Interventions that integrate capacity development, financial support for startups, and continuous mentorship on the technical and financial aspects of youth-run agribusiness projects proved successful in enhancing youth engagement in agribusiness. This suggests that the design and implementation of future interventions should be based on an integrated approach that considers diversity of youths’ aspirations and shared capabilities, interests, expectations, as well as challenges associated with access to resources and participation in collective action. The design of future interventions should also be built on strong partnerships among rural communities, academia, research, and private sector for increased impact on livelihood improvements.
dc.description.sponsorshipInternational Fund for Agricultural Development
dc.format.extent1-15
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCC-BY-4.0
dc.subjectYouth
dc.subjectAccess
dc.subjectResource
dc.subjectCollective
dc.subjectAction
dc.subjectRural
dc.subjectDevelopment
dc.subjectAgribusiness
dc.titleAfrican rural youth engagement in agribusiness: achievements, limitations, and lessons
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions and Markets
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.affiliationIndependent Consultant, Addis Ababa
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.creator.identifierShiferaw Feleke: 0000-0002-0759-4070
cg.creator.identifierTahirou Abdoulaye: 0000-0002-8072-1363
cg.creator.identifierArega Alene: 0000-0002-2491-4603
cg.creator.identifierVictor Manyong: 0000-0003-2477-7132
cg.researchthemeSOCIAL SCIENCE & AGRIBUSINESS
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectAgribusiness
cg.iitasubjectCapacity Development
cg.journalSustainability
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
local.dspaceid102986
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11010185


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