Life under the microscope
According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), the global youth unemployment rate reached 13.1% in 2013. Looking at age groups, we can see that, in the 15-24 years old range, global youth unemployment in 2013 reached 74.5 million people, with more than 700,000 compared to 2012. All these tell us that 37.1 million fewer youth people were employed in 2013 compared to 2007. Continue reading “Where are the youth in agriculture?”
Currently, 2.5 billion people depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. Globally, the average age of farmers is around 55 years. According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Statistical Yearbook 2013, 27 percent of the world’s population is under 10 years old compared to only 8 percent over 65 years old. It’s clear that agriculture needs to attract younger farmers. Continue reading “Why Agriculture Needs Young People?”
In the past 20 years, Food security has become a major discussion topic on the global agenda. Everyone, from local communities to international NGOs and the United Nations Secretary General, has become increasingly worry about the pending food crises and the fact that we will soon be unable to feed our increasing population. Continue reading “My opinion on Global #FoodSecurity is the best opinion”
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