Impact of an integrated youth skill training program on youth livelihoods: A case study of cocoa belt region in Ghana

Unnikrishnan, Vidhya; Pinet, Melanie; Marc, Lukasz Marek; Boateng, Nathaniel Amoh; Boateng, Elliot; Pasanen, Tiina; Atta-Mensah, Maya; Bridonneau, Sophie

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105732

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“…Two studies [47,58] evaluated the inclination of young people toward engaging in the whole agricultural value chain. Eight studies [13,16,25,26,28,32,59,60] explored young individuals' perceptions of agriculture. Of these eight articles, four papers [25,32,54,61] reported that young people had a favorable view of agriculture.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, projects such as agribusiness parks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Morocco's IAA Program, Senegal's Jeunes Agriculteurs, and Zambia's UniBRAIN initiative have all contributed to better competitiveness, higher agricultural productivity, higher value crops, and better connections between young farmers and new markets. Other examples include the Next Generation Youth in Cocoa Programme (MASO) in Ghana [13], the N-power Agro Program [14], and the Fadama Graduate Unemployed Youths and Women Support (GUYS) program in Nigeria [15].…”

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Youth Engagement in Agribusiness: Perception, Constraints, and Skill Training Interventions in Africa: A Systematic Review

Boye,

Ghafoor,

Wudil

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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The participation of young people in agriculture is crucial in generating job opportunities and fostering the growth of agri-food systems in developing countries, particularly in Africa. This study aims to provide an in-depth review of existing studies on young people’s perceptions and factors influencing their participation in agribusiness. Additionally, the study aims to investigate the impact of the skill training intervention on youth engagement in agribusiness. The study also identifies and analyzes the constraints that hindered their engagement. The PRISMA guideline was followed to analyze 57 studies across Sub-Saharan Africa. Studies published from 2012 to 2022 were retrieved from various digital libraries, such as Google Scholar, Emerald Insight, Taylor & Francis Online, Wiley Online Library, and Science Direct. The review findings highlight that many young people in Africa view agriculture as a profitable industry and a means of subsistence. However, it was also observed that there are divergent opinions regarding agribusiness among young individuals. Factors such as access to finance, education, skills training, perceived social support, and prior experience in farming emerged as critical determinants influencing their decision to engage in agribusiness. Moreover, the study reveals that skill training programs positively impact youth participation in agribusiness. These interventions enhance their skills, increasing productivity, income, and employment opportunities. Nevertheless, access to finance and other essential resources, such as land and extension support, were identified as significant barriers to the involvement of young people in agribusiness. In order to promote the advancement of agri-food systems in Africa through youth participation, youth policies must prioritize access to various resources, including but not limited to capital, education, skills training, land, extension support, social support, mentoring, and private-sector involvement.

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Youth Engagement in Agribusiness: Perception, Constraints, and Skill Training Interventions in Africa: A Systematic Review

Boye,

Ghafoor,

Wudil

et al. 2024

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“…Чтобы познакомить молодых людей с выращиванием какао и устранить потенциальные препятствия, с которыми они при этом могут столкнуться, была разработана многогранная программа обучения молодежи с конечной целью улучшить и диверсифицировать их источники средств к существованию. С помощью метода «разность разностей» были получены результаты, показавшие, что по сравнению с контрольной (не вовлеченной в программу) группой молодые люди, участвовавшие в тренинге, перенимают лучшие методы ведения сельского хозяйства (26 %), выращивают какао (24 %) и с большей вероятностью будут заниматься сельским хозяйством (22 %) (Unnikrishnan et al, 2022).…”

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State policy and population incomes structure: An experiment with self-employment

Doroshenko

2023

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Introduction: the most important reason for the phased launching in 2019 of the experiment on introducing a special tax regime “Tax on professional income” in the regions of Russia was to withdraw from the shadow the population incomes. A significant annual increase in the number of self-employed can be assessed as the success of the experiment, the significant results of which are both the growth of entrepreneurship and the increase in tax revenues to the budget. At the same time, there is another indicator that can act as an indicator of the policy – this is the change in the share of entrepreneurial activity income in the structure of the population incomes. Objectives: to assess, using econometric methods, the impact of introducing a tax on professional income on the share of entrepreneurial activity income in the population income structure in the Russian regions. Such estimates are not yet available in domestic scientific research. Methods: the “difference of differences” method, panel regression, statistical and graphical analysis. Results: at the first stage, calculations showed that in the four regions that entered the experiment in 2019, the expected effect, namely, an increase in the share of entrepreneurial activity income, did not manifest itself immediately. However, estimates on a group of 19 regions that entered the experiment from Jan. 1, 2020 revealed an impact effect equal to 0.2 %. In other words, despite the fact that in both the control and the experimental group of regions, the average values of changes in the share of entrepreneurial income were lower in 2020 compared to 2019, the introduction of the tax regime in 19 regions has significantly reduced this decrease in comparison with the control group. Conclusions: the statistically confirmed further growth in the share of population entrepreneurial activity income confirms the identified success of introducing the tax on professional income, along with other trends in indicators, such as an increase in the number of self-employed citizens and an increase in tax revenues to the budget. In general, such step-by-step experiments, when a solution is implemented first on one group of regions or citizens, with the use of appropriate methods, make it possible to obtain very significant results of policy evaluation.

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Harnessing the job creation capacity of young rural agripreneurs: A quasi-experimental study of the ENABLE program in Africa

Adeyanju,

Mburu,

Gituro

et al. 2024

Social Sciences & Humanities Open

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Impact of an integrated youth skill training program on youth livelihoods: A case study of cocoa belt region in Ghana

Cited by 4 publications

References 24 publications

Youth Engagement in Agribusiness: Perception, Constraints, and Skill Training Interventions in Africa: A Systematic Review

Youth Engagement in Agribusiness: Perception, Constraints, and Skill Training Interventions in Africa: A Systematic Review

State policy and population incomes structure: An experiment with self-employment

Harnessing the job creation capacity of young rural agripreneurs: A quasi-experimental study of the ENABLE program in Africa

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