UN agency, African Union in joint effort to woo more youth into agriculture

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) coordinator Joy Nkoitoi presents vegetable sim-law seeds and pesticide control chemicals to Alex Kirehu as the Kiambu county project coordinator Purity Mbabu looks on in Tigoni, Kiambu county October 6, 2020. [David Gichuru, Standard]

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the African Union Commission (AUC) have developed a blueprint for governments to boost the participation of youth in the agricultural value chain.

The new strategies captured in the Investment Guidelines for Youth in Agrifood Systems in Africa were launched at the just concluded 32nd Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Africa held last week in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.