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

Patterns, Drivers and Impacts of Rural-Rural Migration in Zambia

Published on December 1, 2017
Jordan Chamberlin, Nicholas J. Sitko, T.S. Jayne, Rome, Italy, December 1, 2017
The Future of Work in African Agriculture: Trends and Drivers of Change

Published on December 1, 2017
T.S. Jayne, Felix Kwame Yeboah, and Carla Henry, International Labour Office, Working Paper No. 25, December 2017
Intersection of Youth Livelihoods and Agriculture in Africa

Published on November 30, 2017
F. Kwame Yeboah, Thomas S. Jayne, Keynote Presentation at the 4th Annual ReNAPRI Stakeholders Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, November 30, 2017
Rise of Medium-Scale Farms in Africa: Causes and Consequences of Changing Farm Size Distributions

Published on November 16, 2017
T.S. Jayne, Milu Muyanga, Kwame Yeboah, Jordan Chamberlin, Ayala Wineman, Ward Anseeuw, Antony Chapoto, and Nicholas Sitko, Washington, D.C., November 16, 2017
Causes, Consequences of Changing Farm Size Distributions in Africa, and Implications on Youth Employment

Published on October 19, 2017
Milu Muyanga, T.S. Jayne, A. Chapoto, N. Sitko, C. Nkonde, K. Yeboah, J. Chamberlin, A. Wineman, W. Anseeuw, D. Godwin, Lusaka, Zambia, October 19, 2017