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Internship Report: Creating Opportunities for Increasing Youth Employment in the Agriculture Sector

LandLibrary Resource
December, 2021
Global

Zambia’s youth are key development catalysts that have the potential to foster economic prosperity in their communities, when provided with adequate support. As a means to better support Zambia’s youth population, many recent interventions have focused on expanding youth’s access to quality education.

Status review of challenge, constraints and needs of men, women, and youth enterprises in the bean value chain in selected countries

LandLibrary Resource
December, 2021
Global

Common bean is the most grown legume in sub-Saharan Africa and contributes to income and food security of smallholder farmers. The common bean value chain offers business opportunities to various actors, particularly women because of their high involvement in production and marketing.

Digital agriculture platforms: Understanding innovations in rural finance and logistics in Uganda’s agrifood sector

LandLibrary Resource
December, 2021
United States of America

Agriculture is the mainstay of Uganda’s economy, contributing about 25% of the GDP, a third of the export earnings and almost all the country’s food requirements. Yet, the sector still faces various challenges that affect production and the income derived from it.

Politiques et pratiques foncieres et engagement des jeunes dans la production de l'igname (dioscorea spp) en Republique du Benin. Land policies and practices and youth engagement in yam (dioscorea spp) production in the Republic of Benin

LandLibrary Resource
December, 2021
Benin

La culture d’igname, très exigeante en fertilité du sol, est de plus en plus confronté à la raréfaction des terres fertiles au Bénin. La présente étude analyse l’influence des politiques et pratiques foncières sur l’engagement des jeunes dans la production de l’igname en République du Bénin.

The Agribusiness Ecosystem in East and Southern Africa: Exploring the Role and Synergies of Key Stakeholders in the Space

LandLibrary Resource
December, 2021
France

Despite the potential of the agriculture sector in Africa to meet global food demands, performance across key areas has remained low. Farmers and market systems continue to be inhibited by fragmentation, poor efficiency of value chains, and limited resilience against climate shocks. The ones that suffer the most from these inefficiencies and threats are smallholder farmers.

A comparative analysis of technical efficiency and profitability of agribusiness and non-agribusiness enterprises in eastern DRC

LandLibrary Resource
December, 2021
Global

The purpose of this study was to determine whether agribusiness could be competitive compared to non-agribusiness employment opportunities in terms of technical efficiency and profitability. We used data collected on all seven operating cassava community processing centers (CCPCs) and 150 comparable non-agribusiness enterprises in South Kivu province.

Innovations and policy design for development for cross-value chain services (logistics and financial services)

LandLibrary Resource
December, 2021
United States of America

WP3 intends to address the question: How can cross-food value chain and market services function better to increase employment and boost income of smallholders and SMEs? The WP focuses on two types of cross-value chain services, logistics and financial services.

Youth Engagement in Land and Ecosystem Restoration

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Peer-reviewed publication
Conference Papers & Reports
November, 2021
Global

Land and ecosystems lay the foundation of the economy and the wellbeing of society. 85 percent of the world’s 1.2 billion young people live in regions that are directly dependent on land and natural resources for sustenance. Land degradation is a youth issue that threatens current and future generations’ quality of life.

LAND-at-scale Chad

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Policy Papers & Briefs
October, 2021
Chad

This one-pager provides details on the LAND-at-scale project in Chad. This project is implemented by Kadaster International and Oxfam Novib, and financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via the Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency.