Youth Employment/Entrepreneurship

With 62% of Africa’s population being under 25 years of age, youth employment is crucial.

Early findings show that the productivity of youth labor (and rural labor in general) employed in both farming and non-farming sectors is significantly influenced by local farmland distribution patterns. Strategies that effectively improve productivity and profitability of farming are critical to expanding employment opportunities and improving youth livelihoods.

Publications and Presentations

Megatrends Driving Agricultural Transformation in Africa

Published on July 24, 2017
T. S. Jayne, Kwame Yeboah, and Milu Muyanga, Lilongwe, Malawi, July 24, 2017
The Next Farm Bill: The Future of International Food Aid and Ag Development

Published on June 22, 2017
Thomas Jayne, June 22, 2017
There’s More to Agriculture than Handhoes: Rising Opportunities for Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship in African Agrifood Systems

Published on June 14, 2017
Andrea Allen, Julie Howard, M. Kondo, Amy Jamison, Thomas Jayne, J. Snyder, David Tschirley, and F. Kwame Yeboah, June 14, 2017
System-Wide Approaches to Promote Sustainable Agri-Food System Productivity Growth in Africa

Published on June 1, 2017
Nicholas J. Sitko and Thomas Jayne, June 2017. Based on the Vuna report “Integrating climate- and market-smartness into strategies for sustainable productivity growth of African agri-food systems”
Transforming African Economies

Published on March 30, 2017
Thomas S. Jayne, interviewed by Ann Veneman, former US Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., March 30, 2017