VIDEO: More and Better Jobs for Youth in Agrifood System

May 9, 2017 - Author: Julie Howard, David Tschirley and Kwame Yeobah

VIDEO: More and Better Jobs for Youth in Agrifood System
World Bank Presentation by Julie Howard, David Tschirley and Kwame Yeobah, Washington DC, May 9, 2017

By 2050, it is estimated that 864 million people in Africa will live in cities, and 10 million young people will join the labor market every year. What implications? Can the agrifood sector development be the solution?

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Authors

David Tschirley

David Tschirley
tschirle@msu.edu

Felix Kwame Yeboah

Felix Kwame Yeboah
yeboahfe@msu.edu

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