Youth in Agri-food Systems Learning Activity
Challenge USAID made substantial investments in programs and policies supporting youth contributions to food security, nutrition, and resilience, but significant gaps in evidence and learning…
Challenge USAID made substantial investments in programs and policies supporting youth contributions to food security, nutrition, and resilience, but significant gaps in evidence and learning…
Challenge The majority of smallholder farmers in Kenya subsist on low-input, low-output rain-fed agriculture on very small plots. Women and youth represent a large portion…
Challenge Tajikistan faces a number of serious economic development challenges, including market failures, lack of access to finance, a weak labor market with limited opportunities…
Challenge Despite recent reductions in new HIV infections in eSwatini, the number of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in the country remains high. The impact…
Challenge Communities in Uganda suffer from multiple challenges, such as poverty, food insecurity, high rates of malnutrition, disease, illiteracy, and high population growth rates. Poor governance and…
Challenge Many Nigerian farmers and their families struggle to move from subsistence farming to small-scale commercial farming due to outdated farming practices and a lack…
Challenge The idea that agriculture holds no appeal for youth is a common myth frequently shared by youth themselves as well as other stakeholders in…
Challenge From the perspective of young people in Liberia, agriculture does not offer sufficient opportunities to earn income and support their economic and social advancement.…
Challenge Endemic poverty coupled with household-level economic shocks hampers the ability of vulnerable households in Uganda to access education, weakens caregiver and child relationships, and…
Challenge Partly due to two decades of civil conflict, many out-of-school youth in northern Uganda are lacking the key soft and enterprise skills they need…