The debate on youth and agriculture has often assumed that simply encouraging young people to farm will solve the triple problem of unemployment, undernutrition and an ageing workforce.
But the attitudes of young people themselves have largely been ignored, as FAC member Jennifer Leavy argues in a new blog for the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
- Blog: Overcoming the twin challenges of youth unemployment and food security: what role for agricultural employment? Jennifer Leavy, 13 February 2013