Agriculture, Jobs, and Value Chains in Africa
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Agriculture-Agricultural Sector Economics Agriculture-Food Security Private Sector Development-Global Value Chains and Business Clustering Private Sector Development-Small and Medium Size Enterprises Rural Development-Rural Labor Markets
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In Africa, 325 million young people (from 15 to 24 years old) will be looking for jobs by 2050.
“In Africa, 325 million young people (from 15 to 24 years old) will be looking for jobs by 2050 (Christiaensen, 2020).”
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“Consequently, in most countries in SSA, there are few alternatives for young people than to remain in agriculture (ACET, 2014; Christiaensen, 2020; Sumberg, 2021).”
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“Value chain approaches remain central to strategies for development of the rural economy (Christiaensen, 2020; de Janvry & Sadoulet, 2020), in response to the observation of new-institutional economists that smallholder farmers often operate in ‘thin markets’, in which volumes traded are low and…”
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- Authors
- Christiaensen, L.
- Corresponding author
- Christiaensen, Luc
- ORCID
- Christiaensen, Luc
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- World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks
- Publisher
- World Bank, Washington, DC
- Published
- 2020-04-29
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- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 4.23
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- book
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- en
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- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agriculture and Agroindustry Studies
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Keywords
- agricultural value chains, global value chains, business clustering, small and medium-sized enterprises, rural labor markets, rural development, food security, agricultural economics, private sector development, agricultural labor, Africa
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