Creating Opportunities for Youth in Agriculture

Amidst the rising youth unemployment in Uganda, evidence reveals that youth engagement in agriculture is declining. This is due to a number of factors including but not limited to; insufficient access to knowledge, information and education; limited access to land; inadequate access to financial services, limited access to markets and limited involvement in policy dialogue. If this trend continues, it is likely to have negative implications on food security and employment, thereby undermining government efforts to drive economic growth through agriculture. In response to youth unemployment, Community Integrated Development Initiatives (CIDI) has designed and implemented Community Empowerment and Sustainable Livelihood Project in Rakai and Kyotera Districts, southern Uganda where we support the youth and their associations to engage in productive agriculture as well as get involved in youth policy formulation processes and dialogues at
different levels.