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    "Stop calling me a youth!": Understanding and analysing heterogeneity among Ugandan youth Agripreneurs

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    Date
    2022-06-12
    Author
    Turolla, M.
    Swedlund, H.J.
    Schut, M.
    Muchunguzi, P.
    Type
    Journal Article
    Review Status
    Peer Review
    Target Audience
    Scientists
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    The African “youth” population is growing at a fast and steady pace, attracting attention from scholars, policymakers, and politicians. Yet, we know relatively little about this large and heterogeneous segment of the population. This paper presents data from 110 interviews and ten focus groups with youth engaged in commercial agriculture across all four regions of Uganda. Capitalising on this ethnographic data, we provide an analytical framework for studying complexity among the heterogeneous social category of youth agripreneurs. The aim of the paper is twofold: First, to reconcile anthropological studies that highlight the heterogeneity of African youth with demographic understandings of youth as a statistical category defined by an age bracket. Second, to advance an operational definition of youth that allows for more context-sensitive and tailored programmes. Our results suggest that while “youth” is an important category demographically, the opportunities and challenges faced by youths are often not related to age.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00020397221105292
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7533
    IITA Authors ORCID
    Marc Schuthttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3361-4581
    Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00020397221105292
    Research Themes
    Social Science and Agribusiness
    IITA Subjects
    Agribusiness; Agronomy; Capacity Development; Gender; Livelihoods
    Agrovoc Terms
    Uganda; Youth; Agro-industrial sector; Enterprises
    Regions
    Africa; East Africa
    Countries
    Uganda
    Hubs
    Eastern Africa Hub
    Journals
    Africa Spectrum
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