This week IFDC’s blog series, Six Pieces of the Innovation Puzzle, focuses on creating agricultural opportunities for youth.

In sub-Saharan Africa, one-third of employed young people will work in agriculture by 2035. This number could decrease as rural youth seek employment in large cities. Their departure from farms means fewer producers and lower food supplies for the future.

But agriculture can be an economically viable career for the next generation and sustain food security. Public and private sector organizations must collaborate with these young entrepreneurs to transform subsistence farms into profitable agricultural enterprises.

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