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Dr. Peter Wobst - Senior Economist Economic and Social Development Department

Promoting Employment and Entrepreneurship for Rural Youth: The Case of the Farmer Field and Life Schools (JFFLS). 19 th CTA Brussels Rural Development Briefing - 16 June 2010 Youth and Rural Development. Dr. Peter Wobst - Senior Economist Economic and Social Development Department.

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Dr. Peter Wobst - Senior Economist Economic and Social Development Department

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  1. Promoting Employment and Entrepreneurship for Rural Youth:The Case of the Farmer Field and Life Schools (JFFLS) 19th CTA Brussels Rural Development Briefing - 16 June 2010 Youth and Rural Development Dr. Peter Wobst - Senior Economist Economic and Social Development Department

  2. UN System-wide policy coherence MDG target 1.B (2005): “Achieving full and productive employment and decent workfor all including women and young people”. • System-wide commitment • Second UN Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017): “Full Employment and Decent Work for All” • ECOSOC resolution 2008/18 “Promoting full employment and decent work for all” • System-wide initiatives • Plan of Action (2nd Poverty Decade) • 2009 CEB Crisis Initiatives: Global Jobs Pact and Social Protection Floor Initiatives

  3. FAO’s New Strategic Framework • FAO Global Goals: • Reduction of hunger • Elimination of poverty • Sustainable management of natural resources Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Division (ESW) IIEE (2007) recommendation: “Refocus FAO’s work on value addition and employment for income generation and food access” Rural Employment Team

  4. Decent rural employment Strategic Objective G Enabling environment for markets to improve livelihoods and rural development Organizational Result 2 Rural employment creation, access to land and income diversification are integrated into agricultural and rural development policies, programmes and partnerships Unit Result G0209 The enabling environment in support of decent rural employment is improved Sub-areas Principles Considerations Topics Outcomes • Decent Work • Agenda • Employ creation • Rights at work • Social Protection • Social Dialogue Decent work Gender Smallholder trans Enabling Environment Country-based strategic approach Equity Globalization More and better jobs Youth employment Institutions Climate change Economic & social empowerment Land / NR Child labour prevention Econ & fin crises Increased incomes and livelihoods Migration Others ... Food security & poverty reduction

  5. Strategic country support approach • CEB Gobal Jobs Pact and • Social Protection Floor Initiative • Second UN Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017) • CAADP process • Other regional frameworks • ILO Decent Work Country Programmes • UNDAF • Country support approach • Country profiles • Specific policy advice and technical • assistance on rural employment • (e.g. JFFLS via UNJPs)

  6. Share of rural youth in total population

  7. Country data snapshot (Malawi) Share of youth living with less then 2 US$ per day 66.3%

  8. Many challenges for rural youth • Lack of access to and control over productive resources (e.g. land and capital) • Inadequate skills (e.g. production, processing and business skills) • Generational gap (e.g. transfer of indigenous farming knowledge from adults to young) • Labour market discriminations often result into higher unemployment rates for young girls • Globalization (e.g. uncertainties, variability in prices) • Few countries have included employment promotion strategies in their PRSPs

  9. JFFLS: Creating jobs and engaging people JUNIOR FARMER FIELD AND LIFE SCHOOLS Agriculture techniques COMBINED WITH life and business skills follows one year cycle crop cycle JFFLS graduates creation of Youth Farmers’ Associations

  10. JFFLS training modules • Land preparation • Planning in agriculture and in life • Growing up healthy • Agriculture diversity • Protection (IPM and personal protection) • How to face threats and loss • Food processing and conservation • Entrepreneurship – business skills • Water for life • Land and property rights • Child labour prevention (FAO-ILO module) ————— • Monitoring and Evaluation toolkit

  11. Innovative JFFLS curriculum AGRICULTURAL SKILLS LIFE-BUSINESS SKILLS PLANNING IN AGRICULTURE (planning a cropping calendar) PLANNING IN LIFE (importance of setting goals) WATER MANAGEMENT (irrigation methods) WATER IN LIFE – HYGIENE – HEALTH (quality of water and nutrition) CHARATERISTICS OF SOIL CONDITION (methods of sowing and preparation) PERSONAL CHARATERISTICS AND DEVELOPMENT HOW TO PROTECT YOUR CROPS AND PROPERTY HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF (child labour, rights and property rights) WHEN TO HARVEST AND WHAT TO DO WITH IT (demands from the market) AGRICULTURE AS A BUSINESS (business and marketing skills) ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS (sustainable and diversified agriculture) MAINTANANCE IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY

  12. Institutionalization Ministry of Youth Ministry of Education FAO Institutional Support Capacity Building Youth Clubs - Schools Norms and Standards + + Vocational Training Centers Innovation Programmes = = Inclusion of agric. skills in MoYDS - MoE curriculum Creation of Youth Farmers’ Associations National ownership - Up-scaling to all MoYDS clubs and MoE schools & Farmers’ Cooperatives

  13. JFFLS mapping Burundi, Cameroon, DRC, West Bank and Gaza Strip, Ghana, Honduras, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Rwanda, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe Comoros, Haiti and Niger 19,000 2,000

  14. UN-wide system coherence: Delivering as ONE National Government + UN Country Team (UNCT) United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) = • National ownership • Partnership • Comparative advantage • Maximum effectiveness and accountability UNJPs in Comoros, Nepal, Honduras, Tunisia, Mozambique, Gaza & West Bank, Sudan and Malawi

  15. The way forward • Undertake core activities under areas of gender equality and rural employment, youth employment promotion, child labour prevention and migration • Seek financial support for developing and applying a strategic country support approach • JFFLS as integral part of an inclusive FAO country approach on decent rural employment • Expand country and regional coverage of JFFLS • Enhance institutionalization of JFFLS • Link rural youth employment work to UN country teams and inter-agency mechanisms: • CEB Joint Crisis Initiatives: Global Jobs Pact and Social Protection Floor Initiative • UNDAFs, UNJPs, NEPAD/CAADP, DWCPs • Collaboration with ILO • Continued UNJPs cooperation (UN-wide approach) • Link to other development partners and policy areas Contact: www.fao-ilo.org / peter.wobst@fao.org

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