Empowering Youth in Agriculture and Food Systems

Explore these Feed the Future and Agency-wide resources to empower youth in agricultural development. Resources help development practitioners identify strategies to foster youth-inclusive agri-food systems. Engaging and empowering youth as key stakeholders in FTF programming is critical to achieving the GFSS objectives of "inclusive and sustainable agriculture-led economic growth, strengthened resilience among people and systems, and a well-nourished population."
Agriculture and Food Systems
- Feed the Future Project Design Guide for Youth-Inclusive Agriculture and Food Systems: Volume I - Project Design
- Feed the Future Project Design Guide for Youth-Inclusive Agriculture and Food Systems Volume II - Implementation
- Recording and Slides from Engaging Youth in Agriculture
- What Works in Youth and Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition
- Global Food Security Strategy Technical Guidance for Youth
- 2016 Youth Engagement in Agricultural Value Chains across Feed the Future: a Synthesis Report
- FTF Youth Factsheet (attachment below)
Positive Youth Development
- Youth in Development Policy
- A Systematic Review of Positive Youth Development in Low-and Middle-Income Countries
- What is Positive Youth Development
Related Resources
Feed the Future Empowering Youth Factsheet