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dc.contributor.authorTurolla, M.
dc.contributor.authorSwedlund, H.J.
dc.contributor.authorSchut, M.
dc.contributor.authorMuchunguzi, P.
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-04T10:42:21Z
dc.date.available2022-07-04T10:42:21Z
dc.date.issued2022-06-12
dc.identifier.citationTurolla, M., Swedlund, H.J., Schut, M. & Muchunguzi, P. (2022). "Stop calling me a youth!": understanding and analysing heterogeneity among Ugandan youth Agripreneurs. Africa Spectrum, 1-22.
dc.identifier.issn0002-0397
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7533
dc.description.abstractThe 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.
dc.description.sponsorshipConsortium for Improving Agriculture-based Livelihoods in Central Africa
dc.description.sponsorshipRadboud University
dc.format.extent1-22
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectUganda
dc.subjectYouth
dc.subjectAgro-industrial sector
dc.subjectEnterprises
dc.title"Stop calling me a youth!": Understanding and analysing heterogeneity among Ugandan youth Agripreneurs
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Leiden
cg.contributor.affiliationRadboud University
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.coverage.hubEastern Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeSocial Science and Agribusiness
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidTUROLLA:2022
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.iitasubjectAgribusiness
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.iitasubjectCapacity Development
cg.iitasubjectGender
cg.iitasubjectLivelihoods
cg.journalAfrica Spectrum
cg.notesOpen Access Journal
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00020397221105292
cg.iitaauthor.identifierMarc Schut: 0000-0002-3361-4581
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