Young People, Agriculture, and Transformation in Rural Africa: An “Opportunity Space” Approach

Sumberg, James; Okali, Christine

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Young People, Agriculture, and Transformation in Rural Africa: An “Opportunity Space” Approach

James Sumberg,

James Sumberg

James Sumberg is a Fellow of the Knowledge, Technology, and Society Team at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, England. He has a longstanding research interest in African agriculture and is the co-convenor of the Future Agriculture Consortium's work on young people, agriculture, and food in Africa.

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Christine Okali

Christine Okali coordinates the gender and social difference theme of the Future Agricultures Consortium at the Institute of Development Studies. She has studied agrarian change and gender over four decades, with a particular focus on West Africa.

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James Sumberg

James Sumberg is a Fellow of the Knowledge, Technology, and Society Team at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, England. He has a longstanding research interest in African agriculture and is the co-convenor of the Future Agriculture Consortium's work on young people, agriculture, and food in Africa.

Christine Okali

Christine Okali coordinates the gender and social difference theme of the Future Agricultures Consortium at the Institute of Development Studies. She has studied agrarian change and gender over four decades, with a particular focus on West Africa.

This essay draws heavily from the unpublished chapter, “Agricultural Policy, Employment Opportunities, and Social Mobility of Africa's Rural Youth: A Critical Analysis,” by J. Sumberg, N. A. Anyidoho, M. Chasukwa, B. Chinsinga, J. Leavy, G. Tadele, S. Whitfield, and J. Yaro (2013), commissioned by the UNU-WIDER Prospects for Africa's Youth project, with additional support from the Future Agricultures Consortium.

Online ISSN: 1558-2485

Print ISSN: 1558-2477

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Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization (2013) 8 (1-2): 259–269.

https://doi.org/10.1162/INOV_a_00178

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This essay draws heavily from the unpublished chapter, “Agricultural Policy, Employment Opportunities, and Social Mobility of Africa's Rural Youth: A Critical Analysis,” by J. Sumberg, N. A. Anyidoho, M. Chasukwa, B. Chinsinga, J. Leavy, G. Tadele, S. Whitfield, and J. Yaro (2013), commissioned by the UNU-WIDER Prospects for Africa's Youth project, with additional support from the Future Agricultures Consortium.

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