Publications

Waldie, K. 2005. Rural youth livelihoods. Final Technical Report for Project R8211. Reading, UK: International and Rural Development Department, University of Reading. 26 pp

Franzel S et al., 'Youth in Extension and Advisory Services: Rwanda. Developing Local Extension Capacity Project', 2019

Mugo V; Kamau H, 'Is climate-smart agriculture the silver bullet to attract youth to agriculture?', 2019

African Journal of AIDS Research (2010) 9 (2) 153–163

Mallett, R., Atim, T., Opio, J., 2016. Youth on the margins: in search of decent work in northern Uganda, Research Reports, London: Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium, 38p

Ameyaw, David Sarfo (Managing Editor). Africa agriculture status report 2015: Youth and agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. 2015. AGRA/CTA: Nairobi, Kenya

This paper draws on qualitative, longitudinal data collected between 2017 and 2022 to explore the diverse and interwoven risks facing adolescents (and their families) living in the lowland areas of the Oromia and Afar regions. While risks—including drought, invasive species, population growth, and restrictive gender norms—are similar across research locations, differences in traditional livelihoods and government investments mean that outcomes are highly varied. The paper concludes that sustainable development requires that the government of Ethiopia and its partners invest in a twin-track approach that supports households to meet current needs and to invest in the education that positions young people to thrive in the future. This is an output of the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) programme Citation Presler-Marshall, E.; Yadete, W.; Jones, N.A.; Gebreyehu, Y. Making the “Unthinkable” Thinkable: Fostering Sustainable Development for Youth in Ethiopia’s Lowlands. Sustainability 2022, 14, 4239. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14074239

Wahiu, Richard, Lohento, Ken, Koutchade, Folake. 2020. ICT uses by rural youth in Kenya: Perspectives from the Vijabiz project. Wageningen: CTA

Nhamo, N., & Chikoye, D. (2017). Models supporting the engagement of the youth in smart agricultural enterprises. In D. Chikoye, T. Gondwe and N. Nhamo, Smart technologies for sustainable smallholder agriculture. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier, (p. 211-232).

Bello, L.O., Baiyegunhi, L.J., Mignouna, D., Adeoti, R., Dontsop-Nguezet, P., Abdoulaye, T., ... & Awotide, B.A. (2021). Impact of youth-in-agribusiness program on employment creation in Nigeria. Sustainability, 13(14), 1-20.

Mueller, Valerie; Rosenbach, Gracie; Thurlow, James, 'Conclusion [in Youth and jobs in rural Africa: Beyond stylized facts]', Youth and Jobs in Rural Africa, pp. 277-288, Oxford University PressOxford, 2019

Mungai C, Muchaba T, Szilagyi L, Radeny M, Atakos V, Ntiokam D. 2018. Youth Engagement in Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges. Wageningen, Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).

Diao, Xinshen; Silver, Jed, 'A spatial analysis of youth livelihoods and rural transformation in Ghana', International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, D.C., 2017

International Journal of Sexual Health, Volume 20, Issue 4, 281 - 294 (doi:10.1080/19317610802412043)

Youth Microenterprise Conference, Washington, DC, USA, September 10-11, 2007

Infobrief 2, INASP, Oxford, UK, ISBN 978-1-902928-25-8, 4 pp

Oketch, M. Education Policy, Vocational Training, and the Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa. UNU-WIDER, Helsinki, Finland (2014) 18 pp. ISBN 978-92-9230-790-5 (WIDER Working Paper No. 2014/069)

Brixiová, Z.; Ncube, M.; Bicaba, Z. Skills and Youth Entrepreneurship in Africa: Analysis with evidence from Swaziland. UNU-WIDER, Helsinki, Finland (2014) 23 pp. (WIDER Working Paper No. 2014/131)

Paper presentated at the Penn-International Congress on Women’s Health Issues, Pennsylvania, USA, April 7 - 10, 2010. 15 pp

Policy Brief No. 13, October 2010, Centre for Commonwealth Education, University of Cambridge, UK, 5 pp

Andersson Djurfeldt, et al. (2019) Yearning to farm – youth, agricultural intensification and land in Mkushi, Zambia Journal of Rural Studies, 71:85-93

Finnegan G, A (2016) Diagnostic Assessment on Business Environment Constraints on Youth Entrepreneurship in Mozambique Business Environment Reform Facility

Alfonsi, L., Bandiera, O., Bassi, V., Burgess, R., Rasul, I., Sulaiman, M. and Vitali, A. (2017) Tackling Youth Unemployment: Evidence from a Labor Market Experience in Uganda

Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) programme under the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture. (2020) Youth entrepreneurship in all nodes of the bean value chain. Gender Newsletter

Lohento, K. and Mazuri, G. 2020. Pathways to Rural Youth Agribusiness Success: Stories from the Vijabiz project. CTA Experience Capitalization Series 13. Wageningen, The Netherlands: CTA.

Benson, Todd et al., 'Malawi’s slowly changing employment landscape and its implications for youth', Development Southern Africa, vol. 39(6), pp. 887-902, Informa UK Limited, 2022

ElDidi, Hagar; Bidoli, Thomas; Ringler, Claudia, 'Agriculture and youth in Nigeria: Aspirations, challenges, constraints, and resilience', International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, 2020

Arslan, A. & Bamba, Z. (2020). Africa’s post-pandemic future needs to embrace youth in agriculture. Inter Press Service News Agency, 1-2.

Estruch, Elisenda et al., 'Youth mobility and its role in structural transformation in Senegal', Youth and Jobs in Rural Africa, pp. 251-276, Oxford University PressOxford, 2019

Bezu S, Demissie T, Abebaw D, Mungai C, Samuel S, Radeny M, Huyer S, Solomon D. 2020. Climate change, agriculture and international migration nexus: African youth perspective. CCAFS Working Paper no. 324. Wageningen, the Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).