DISCUSSION No. 127 • FSN Forum digest No. 1227 | | Youth – feeding the future. Addressing the challenges faced by rural youth aged 15 to 17 in preparing for and accessing decent work. | until 15 May 2016 | |
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| | | Dear Members, Please find below the latest comments to the online consultation: Youth – feeding the future. Addressing the challenges faced by rural youth aged 15 to 17 in preparing for and accessing decent work. We thank the participants that shared their views and experience on how to face the challenges of rural youth and how to improve training and opportunities targeted at this age group. We would also like to draw your attention to the international expert meeting organised by FAO in September, which will build on the recommendations generated in this online consultation. Participants to the online consultation can apply to take part in the expert meeting in Rome. Please visit the webpage to find out more. Comments to the online consultation and requests for the expert meeting are welcome in English, French and Spanish. We look forward to hearing from you! Your FSN Forum team | |
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| | CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED | Martine Dirven, Chile
| Based on a recent publication on rural youth and decent employment in Latin America, Martine shares data on the 15 to 17 age group in the Region and tackles four points: 1. the efforts to extend school attendance versus local employment opportunities; 2. the challenge of ensuring decent work in most rural areas, where around 80% of agricultural wage workers do not have a contract; 3. the high percentage of self-employed or micro-enterprises workers; 4. the lack of efforts to improve wage workers conditions and enforce existing laws. Read Martine's contribution and the attached paper |
| Manuel Moya, International Pediatric Association, Spain
| Manuel brings a medical perspective into the consultation: he highlights that the 15 to 17 age group is mostly appropriate to target, as it is characterized by a psychosocial development in which peer values go down in favour of individual thinking. This point is crucial because it encompasses the steps of breaking away (family model separation), career decision and realistic planning for economic independence. Read Manuel's contribution |
| Olivia Muza, Consultant, Zimbabwe
| Olivia emphasises the discourse on green jobs as an opportunity to involve the vulnerable 15 to 17 age group in agriculture; however, knowledge in green technologies will have to be balanced with local knowledge to be successful. Read Olivia's contribution |
| Adam Peter Eloyi, YPAED Cooperative Society, Nigeria
| Based on his experience, Adam shares some of the challenges he sees facing rural youth in Nigeria and how to address them and highlights that the rising rural employment is affecting food security and socio-economic development in his country. Read Adam's contribution |
| N.Parasuraman, M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation, India
| N.Parasuraman shares information on the Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture (ARYA) Programme, which aims to make youth eager to take sustainable agriculture as a career opportunity within their local environment. Read N.Parasuraman's contribution |
| Meredith Maynard, Relief International, USA
| Meredith stresses that there seems to be a disconnect between traditional education programming and livelihoods and the technical and non-traditional education skills needed to attract youth to agriculture and support their livelihoods. Read Meredith's contribution |
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