This report summarizes findings from the Agrifood Youth Employment and Engagement Study (AgYees). AgYees examined the potential of Sub-Saharan Africa’s agrifood systems to provide new jobs for unemployed, underemployed and disadvantaged youth and identified constraints affecting the capacity of youth to take up these economic opportunities. Two analytical tracks generated insights and guidance on cost-effective strategies and programmatic entry points most likely to improve employment options and livelihoods for disadvantaged African men and women: (1) the Strategic Policy and Foresighting Analysis reviewed economic mega-trends for Rwanda, Tanzania and Nigeria and projected how economic changes, specifically farm structure and dietary transformations, will affect future job prospects for rural and urban African youth; and (2) the Agrifood Landscape Analysis, focusing on Rwanda and Tanzania, examined the economic and policy environment affecting youth engagement with the agrifood system, assessed the supply and demand for related workforce training and perceived gaps, and distilled best practices and lessons learned related to youth economic programming.
