Employment in Agriculture: Jobs for Africa’s Youth

As part of IFPRI’s 2012 Global Food Policy Report, this chapter presents the policy challenges associated with the agriculture sector as a source of meaningful jobs to the growing number of young people in Africa. It describes four employment options for youth—(1) youth remaining on family holdings, (2) youth seeking off-farm opportunities, (3) youth establishing new holdings, (4) youth taking on formal or informal on- or off-farm wage work—and  suggests how policymakers can address critical constraints in access to financial services, land, and education and modern skills along those options.