FAO, Private & Public Sector (Regional Authorities) Cooperation Youth employment in agriculture

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1 FAO, Private & Public Sectr (Reginal Authrities) Cperatin Yuth emplyment in agriculture Francesca Dalla Valle Yuth Emplyment and Institutinal Partnerships Specialist Fd and Agriculture Organizatin f the United Natins (FAO) - Rme High Level Rund Table Meetings 16 January 2013 Bagamy,Tanzania January 2013 Zanzibar

2 Outline 1. Brief Tanzania utlk Psitive trends Trends t address 2. Mving frm subsistence t business in agriculture in times f climate variability - Are yuth a challenge r mre an pprtunity? 3. Rural yuth perceptins f agriculture, wishes and aspiratins -Yuth glbal and reginal frums identified cnstraints and recmmendatins 4. FAO, private & public sectr partnership in rural yuth emplyment creatin mdel 5. Linkages with natinal plicies, strategies and prgrammes 6. Strengthening and crdinating jint rural yuth emplyment activities amng parties (1) - Prpsed Memrandum f Understanding, scpe f cperatin 7. Strengthening and crdinating jint rural yuth emplyment activities amng parties (2) - Prpsed Memrandum f Understanding, areas f cperatin 8. Cnclusin and next steps

3 Brief Tanzania utlk Psitive trends Tanzania has a yuthful ppulatin (20% using the UN definitin and 35% using the Tanzania ne) Trends t address Fd insecurity in Tanzania is still high (with 42% f the malnurished are belw the age f 18) GDP grwth estimated fr 2013 is 7,1% (6.8% in 2012) Natinal pverty rate remains high (33.6% f the HH are belw the pverty line) GDP per capita estimated fr 2013 is 4% (3.7% in 2012) Primary educatin cmpletin rate was 62.3% in 2010 (53% in 2009) Secndary schl net enrlment rati was 34.5% in 2011 (30.8% in 2010) The agriculture sectr prvides emplyment pprtunities t up t 80% f the wrking age ppulatin Rural urban migratin (35% f the estimated Tanzanian natinals have mved int cities) Lw agr prducers capacity in climate change challenges preparedness Lw level f mechanizatin in agriculture Yuth (UN definitin) unemplyment rate is 14.9% (cmpared t the adult rate f 10%)

4 Mving frm subsistence t business in agriculture in times f climate variability Are yuth a challenge r mre an pprtunity? Increase in emplyment rate Enhance fd security and incme fr rural HH Adptin f pstharvest value additin Innvatin in labur saving technlgies Increase in climatesmart agricultural practices Investing in yung farmers will unlck the future and ptential f agriculture fr emplyment creatin while managing rural-urban migratin Yunger HH heads derived higher incme frm their agricultural activities Yunger HH heads have been assessed in being mre invlved in apprpriate strage and prcessing Yung peple are mre keen and active in using any kind f new technlgies, and thus increasing prfits, incme and mtivatin Yung peple are mre keen t intrduce and try t prduce new crps r different climatefriendly technlgies t mitigate the impact f CC Pverty alleviatin in rural areas Climate-smart agriculture practices increase Increase agricultural prductivity Increase in added value prduce Rejuvenatin f the agr sectr

5 Rural yuth perceptins f agriculture, wishes and aspiratins Yuth glbal and reginal frums identified cnstraints and recmmendatins Cnstraints 1) The lw prfitability f agricultural activities in Africa 2) The lack f access t finance fr agricultural activities especially fr yung peple, partly due t their difficult access t cllateral 3) Limited financial supprt frm African gvernments fr rural yuth agricultural activities 4) Inefficient trainings and tls in agricultural skills fr rural yuth 5) Very pr infrastructure (e.g. rads, water and sanitatin, schl buildings, cultural centres) in rural areas as well as the absence f land use planning. 6) Lack f adequate channels fr yung peple t express their needs and visins 7) The resistance f elderly members f existing prducers rganisatins t create space fr yunger members and t give them als leadership rle and psitins f respnsibility 8) The weak rganisatin f rural yuth and yung farmers in many African cuntries Recmmendatins 1) Gvernments earmark and decentralise a significant part f their budget t the agricultural sectr f which at least 5% shuld be allcated t agricultural activities fr rural yuth and yung wmen 2) Gvernments and develpment partners put the needs and preccupatins f rural yuth at the centre f their develpment plicies and this shuld be dne in a participatry manner with the rural yuth invlvement and that they include advcacy and lbby in their develpment prgramme in agriculture 3) Prducers rganizatins put int place rural yuth sectins (branches / wings) within natinal, reginal and cntinental platfrms 5) Gvernments and develpment partners establish a rural yuth day

6 FAO, private & public partnership in rural yuth emplyment creatin mdel FAO Bringing tgether the main partners Training JFFLS Methdlgy Self-sustained trainings Skilled yung Agr-prducers Public Sectr Regulatin Access t assets Private Sectr Emplyment Access t assets Yuth inclusin Reductin f yuth unemplyment, underemplyment and wrking pverty

7 Linkages with natinal plicies, strategies and prgrammes Tanzania mainland Zanzibar Tanzania Agriculture and Fd Security Investment Plan (TAFSIP) Zanzibar Emplyment Plicy The Cnstitutin f the United Republic f Tanzania FAO, public and private partnership in rural yuth emplyment creatin Natinal Strategy fr Grwth and Reductin f Pverty (NSGRP) MKUKUTA The Cnstitutin f Zanzibar FAO, public and private partnership in rural yuth emplyment creatin Zanzibar Strategy Fr Grwth And Reductin Of Pverty (ZSGRP) MKUZA Natinal Emplyment Plicy MLE - Natinal Yuth Emplyment Creatin Prgramme (NYECP) Zanzibar Agricultural Service Supprt Prgramme (ASSP) Zanzibar Yuth Emplyment Actin Plan

8 Strengthening and crdinating jint rural yuth emplyment activities amng parties (1) Prpsed Memrandum f Understanding (MU) Scpe f MU cperatin agreement Furthering the mutual knwledge f needs, pririties and methds f wrk in relatin t cmmnly agreed rural yuth emplyment creatin activities Enhance cllabratin amng the parties and strengthen the supprt t rural unemplyed yuth at natinal level

9 Strengthening and crdinating jint rural yuth emplyment activities amng parties (2) Prpsed Memrandum f Understanding (MU) areas f cperatin Junir Farmer Field and Life Schls (JFFLS) trainings - Train selected rural yuth unemplyed in varius regins in Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar - Train selected technical fficers frm TFC, CUZA and Reginal Authrities in the JFFLS methdlgy with the aim f carrying ut the trainings as trainers in the near future Facilitate yuth JFFLS graduates in accessing finance, inputs and prductive land Imprve yuth JFFLS graduates agricultural prductin and prductivity Imprve yuth JFFLS graduates access t markets Imprve yuth JFFLS graduates in pst-prductin activities such as fd prcessing and marketing techniques Increase the number f yuth at different levels in the structure f TFC and CUZA Prpse and facilitate the presence f a yuth adviser within each affiliated apexes, unins etc. Sensitize yuth in the ptential emplyment and business pprtunities given by the agricultural sectr Supprt the develpment f a cmmercial agribusiness fr yuth

10 Cnclusin and next steps Cnclusin Fster an enabling envirnment is pivtal fr a systematic reductin f yuth unemplyment, underemplyment and wrking pverty in rural areas while rejuvenating the sectr and give real pprtunities fr yuth t remain in rural areas Establishing partnerships amng gvernments, prducers rganizatins and invlving rural yuth is key fr dialgue and yuth inclusin in the agr sectr in natinal and reginal initiatives Ptential next steps Strategic and crdinated wrkplan defined and shared MU revisin with private sectr and reginal gvernment inputs Ratificatin f MU, apprval and signature f dcument

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