This Youth-sensitive value chain analysis and development guide provides the background information and guidance needed by practitioners for selecting an agricultural value chain with significant potential for youth employment and entrepreneurship and offers tools to conduct context-specific youth employment
GLOBAL | 22 - 24 MARCH 2022 | VIRTUAL, MANILA TIME - GMT+8 Links The overall food security situation remains a major concern in Asia and the Pacific, home
GLOBAL | 21 MARCH 2022, 09:00–10:30 | VIRTUAL, EDT Links Climate change poses incredible challenges for women and girls in the developing world and threatens global progress on gender equality.
World Trade Organization (WTO) members and stakeholders from every part of the supply chain will share perspectives on the underlying causes and trajectory of continued supply chain disruptions.
The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development will take part in the CFS Bureau and Advisory Group meeting on Friday 18 March 2022, during the agenda item “Substantive segment I: SDG 2 and Financing for Sustainable Development”. The Secretariat will make a presentation highlighting the GDPRD’s engagement in the donor community towards SDG2, rural development and food systems.
Gender equality is vital to deliver sustainable, progressive and meaningful action to avoid, reduce and reverse land degradation. UNCCD’s goal is to make sure women and girls are empowered in the global efforts to achieve land degradation neutrality.
In a constantly changing world of work, young people must be able to position themselves as the driver of their career, and not just a passenger. Choosing a profession is an important step in the transition from education to the world of work.
A second brainstorming session on “Improving Investments in Youth Entrepreneurship in Agriculture” is organized by the Asia and Pacific Service of the Investment Centre (CFIB) together with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
The seminar brings together policy makers, youth representatives, business managers and development practitioners to discuss main challenges and solutions for youth employment in agri-food systems – from strengthening existing and developing new value chains, the business enabling environment, the development of business and job opportunities, to the role of young people in sustainable food systems transformation.
The first in a series of debates on IFAD’s Rural Development Report to discuss the untapped potential of the food system midstreams - the activities after the farm gate, such as trading, storing, processing, and distributing to consumers. Innovation, finance, investments and entrepreneurship at this stage are key to expanding opportunities for small-scale producers.
The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development is a vibrant partnership, advocacy and knowledge network of key donors focusing on food security and rural development.
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