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General information
| Innovation ID | 821 |
| Version ID | 619 |
| Innovation Title | Policy recommendations to harness the potential of youth in Nigeria |
| Innovation description | This policy recommendations build on understanding the aspirations of youth, considering differentiations in this age group to leverage their increased participation in rural development through agricultural engagements. Underpinning findings to this study suggest a pragmatic and coordinated approach to youth empowerment need to be undertaken to understand and examine the diversity of young people - by gender, cultural setting, and aspirations, towards engaging youth, and to democratize access to and use of agricultural technologies. |
| Reporting Staff | Jummai Yila (ICRISAT) |
| Year (Reporting) | 2021 |
| Reporting status | Approved |
| Innovation Type | Social Science |
Stage reached
| Stage of Innovation | Stage 1: discovery/proof of concept |
| Year (Stage) | 2021 |
| Stage Description | The current volume of results have generated enough narrative to build policy recommendations to engage youth to sustain agriculture in the medium to long term, in the context of Nigerian agri-food value chain. |
| Has a lead organization | yes |
| Lead Organization | International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics |
| Top 5 contributors | No contributors |
Contributions and mapping
| All partners | |
| Main CRP | CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals |
| Flagship project | FP1-Priority Setting and Impact Acceleration |
| Cluster | FP1-3-Enhancing gender integration and social inclusion in the drylands |
| Other CRPs-Flagships-Clusters |
Scope
| Geographic scope | National |
| Regions | |
| Countries | Nigeria |
Targeted outcomes
| Main Sub-IDO | Gender-equitable control of productive assets and resources |
| Other Sub-IDO | |
| Other Sub-IDO |
Evidences
| Evidences | Njuguna-Mungai, E., Sivi-Njonjo, K., Endris, G. S., Boonabaana, B., & Mwaseba, D. (n.d.). Gendered Youth Realities, Aspirations, Opportunity Structures and Transitions to Adulthood in the Semi-Arid Tropics: Strategy for Targeting and Engagement. 40. [http://gldc.cgiar.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Youth_Strategy.pdf] |
Linked Elements
| Milestones |
| Outcome Impact Case |
| Policy |