Volume 43. Issue 6: Young People and Agriculture in Africa
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Introduction: The Young People and Agriculture ‘Problem’ in Africa
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 01/11/2012)In introducing this collection of articles we argue that policy framing and policy responses to the ‘problem’ of young people and agriculture in Africa are hampered by a lack of research and evidence that is theoretically ... -
Agriculture and the Generation Problem: Rural Youth, Employment and the Future of Farming
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 01/11/2012)Youth unemployment and underemployment are serious problems in most countries, and often more severe in rural than in urban areas. Small?scale agriculture is the developing world's single biggest source of employment, and ... -
Perceptions and Aspirations: A Case Study of Young People in Ghana's Cocoa Sector
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 01/11/2012)This article considers the question of young people's aspirations in agriculture in light of the renewed interest in the agricultural sector as a viable basis for development in sub?Saharan Africa (SSA), and the perception ... -
‘A Last Resort and Often Not an Option at All’: Farming and Young People in Ethiopia
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 01/11/2012)Development policies in Ethiopia emphasise agriculture as the pathway to industrialisation. Policies allude to the need for a new generation of young, literate and trained farmers to transform the agricultural sector and ... -
Youth, Agriculture and Land Grabs in Malawi
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 01/11/2012)Malawi has received international media attention as a potential model for a uniquely African green revolution following the success of its fertiliser subsidy programme. The role of young people has not featured at all in ... -
Quick Money and Power: Tomatoes and Livelihood Building in Rural Brong Ahafo, Ghana
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 01/11/2012)This article uses the example of small?scale, labour?intensive tomato production in Brong Ahafo, Ghana to explore some prospects of young people's engagement with the agri?food sector in Africa. Although tomatoes were ... -
Youth Farming and Nigeria's Development Dilemma: The Shonga Experiment
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 01/11/2012)Youth farming is undergoing a transformation in Nigeria as the incentive framework for small?scale farming changes. Rural?urban migration, rural poverty, education and the new opportunities it affords, and technological ... -
Land Policies and Labour Markets in Sub?Saharan Africa: A Law and Economics Analysis
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 01/11/2012)This article examines foreign agricultural investment contracts and their potential to contribute to alleviating unemployment and underemployment particularly of young people in sub?Saharan Africa. This investment trend ... -
Young People in African (Agricultural) Policy Processes? What National Youth Policies Can Tell Us
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 01/11/2012)The ‘youth in agriculture problem’ makes up part of a growing set of ‘youth in development’ issues occupying the minds of aid practitioners and bilateral and multilateral donors. Aid agendas seek to enhance youth participation ...