Agriculture as a Sector of Opportunity for Young People in Africa

This paper sheds light on how to harvest
the "youth dividend" in Sub-Saharan Africa by
creating jobs in agriculture. The agriculture that attracts
the youth will have to be profitable, competitive, and
dynamic. These are the same characteristics needed for
agriculture to deliver growth, to improve food security, and
to preserve a fragile natural environment. With higher
priority accorded to implementation of well-designed public
investments in agriculture, continued progress on regulatory
and policy reform, and attention to assure inclusion of
young people in Africa's agricultural renaissance, the
sector's handsome youth dividend can be collected and
widely shared.