Africa’s Evolving Employment Trends

Yeboah, Felix Kwame; Jayne, Thomas S.

doi:10.1080/00220388.2018.1430767

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“…Yeboah and Jayne (2018) use the limited available time-use data to show how rural households are often engaged in both farm and non-farm work, some of which involves temporary or permanent migration within rural areas as well as to or from urban settlements. Barrett, Reardon, and Webb (2001) show how reallocation over time is driven by the rise of new nonfarm opportunities as well as change in available farmland and other agricultural resources per rural worker.…”

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“…Barrett, Reardon, and Webb (2001) show how reallocation over time is driven by the rise of new nonfarm opportunities as well as change in available farmland and other agricultural resources per rural worker. Yeboah and Jayne (2018) find only five African countries with repeated surveys on time use by sector, so for a broader comparison, we use International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates of primary employment in agriculture from the most recent ILO (2015) World Employment and Social Outlook database.…”

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Agricultural Transformation, Nutrition Transition and Food Policy in Africa: Preston Curves Reveal New Stylised Facts

Masters

Rosenblum²,

Alemu

2018

The Journal of Development Studies

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This paper uses a Preston Curve approach to test for changes over time in agriculture, nutrition and food policy, comparing national averages in Africa and elsewhere at each level of national income per capita from the 1990s to the 2010s. Our statistical tests and data visualisations reveal that, at each level of income, African countries have faster rural population growth, a larger share of workers in agriculture and lower agricultural labour productivity than countries elsewhere, with no significant shift in these patterns from the 1990s to the 2010s. In contrast, there have been structural shifts towards less child stunting everywhere, and towards more adult obesity in high-income countries. The overall pattern of African governments’ food policies and government expenditures have not shifted, however, as they continue price interventions and low investment levels characteristic of low-income countries around the world.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Agricultural Transformation, Nutrition Transition and Food Policy in Africa: Preston Curves Reveal New Stylised Facts

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Rosenblum²,

Alemu

2018

The Journal of Development Studies

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“…In rural areas of Africa, more than 90% of rural youth that are 15-and 16-year-old, and 80% of the youth that are 24 years old and above engage in agriculture, and more women tend to remain in agriculture than men due to their low level of educational status [46]. Off-farm jobs in the agri-food systems occupy less than 10% of all the jobs held by the youth (15-25 years), while the majority of youth engage in farming [30]. Youth often work on their family farms using traditional farming practices and add little or no value to the farm products.…”

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“…Little emphasis was given to the socio-cultural dimensions that shape the aspirations of youth toward engaging in agribusiness activities. Youths' aspirations to engage in a given agribusiness intervention are also influenced by other parameters such as the length of time a given intervention takes to get economic returns (e.g., [26,30,41]). For instance, youth in rural Brong Ahafo, Ghana, prefer to engage in the tomato value chain as it provides them with quick economic return and independence in making decisions [43].…”

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African Rural Youth Engagement in Agribusiness: Achievements, Limitations, and Lessons

Yami¹,

Feleke

Abdoulaye

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Engaging rural youth in agribusiness has become an important strategy to create employment opportunities in Africa. To this end, governments and development partners have implemented various interventions that facilitate youth engagement in agribusiness for several years. However, there is a dearth of evidence on what worked and what did not work well, making it difficult to inform evidence-based policy making. In an effort to fill this knowledge gap, a comprehensive literature review of the outcomes of interventions related to youth engagement in agribusiness was conducted using a deductive coding approach. Results showed that the interventions implemented by governments and development partners across Africa have succeeded in producing favorable outcomes despite some limitations. Interventions that integrate capacity development, financial support for startups, and continuous mentorship on the technical and financial aspects of youth-run agribusiness projects proved successful in enhancing youth engagement in agribusiness. This suggests that the design and implementation of future interventions should be based on an integrated approach that considers diversity of youths’ aspirations and shared capabilities, interests, expectations, as well as challenges associated with access to resources and participation in collective action. The design of future interventions should also be built on strong partnerships among rural communities, academia, research, and private sector for increased impact on livelihood improvements.

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“…The agriculture sector is particularly important for young Ugandans, who are the majority of the population: 80 percent of Ugandans are below the age of 35 and, with a median age of 16 years, Uganda has the youngest population of any country in the world (Aga Khan University 2016). More than three quarters of people aged 15-24 engage in agriculture as their first job, mostly in primary production (Yeboah and Jayne 2018). An analysis of six SSA countries shows that transforming their food systems from a focus on primary production to market-oriented agri-food value chains could create more jobs between 2010 and 2025 than the rest of the economy (Townsend et al 2017).…”

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Republic of Uganda Agriculture Sector Public Expenditure Review

2019

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(Program Assistants), provided administrative and logistical support. A team of consultants led by Christian Derlagen and including Alban Mas Aparisi, Leopold Ghins, Paul Cathala, and Lucile Hummel undertook the expenditure analysis from the BOOST database. Other consultants included James Joughin (institutional analysis) and Charles Owuor (private sector analysis). Diego Arias Carballo (Lead Agriculture Economist), Michael Morris (Lead Agriculture Economist), Philip Schuler (Lead Economist), Elliot Mghenyi (Sr. Agriculture Economist), and Tihomir Stucka (Sr. Economist) contributed useful insights as peer reviewers, while Antony Thompson (Country Manager) provided additional guidance at various stages of the report's preparation. Dina Umali-Deininger (Practice Manager) provided oversight for the work. IV Republic of Uganda: Agriculture Sector Public Expenditure Review GLOSSARY OF KEY TERMS Allocative efficiency of public expenditures Analysis that permits one to understand priorities and balance of public expenditures. It consists of the analysis of economic and functional compositions Budget estimates Budget allocation approved by the Ugandan Parliament at the beginning of each fiscal year Capital expenditures Investments where the benefit continues over a long period rather than being exhausted in a short period. Such expenditure is of a non-recurring nature and results in acquisition of permanent assets Economic composition of public expenditures Assessment of balance between wages, non-wage recurrent, and capital expenditures Functional composition of public expenditures Assessment of allocation of public expenditures by main functions and alignment of this composition with policies, strategies, growth diagnostics, and other priorities Non-wage recurrent expenditures Recurrent expenditures less expenditure on wages, salaries, and supplements Recurrent expenditures Expenditure that does not result in the creation or acquisition of fixed assets. It consists mainly of expenditure on wages, salaries and supplements, purchase of goods and services, operations and maintenance of fixed assets, interest payments, subsidies, and transfers Revised estimates Revised budget allocation approved by the Ugandan Parliament during mid-term review Wage expenditures Recurrent expenditure on wages, salaries, and supplements Republic of Uganda: Agriculture Sector Public Expenditure Review Republic of Uganda: Agriculture Sector Public Expenditure Review The analysis focuses on public expenditure in the agriculture sector (PEAS) of Uganda over 2013/14-2017/18. Spending on agriculture occurs under the purview of many central and local government agencies. At the national level, MAAIF is the lead ministry responsible for the agricultural expenditures, along with six semi-autonomous government agencies

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Africa’s Evolving Employment Trends

Cited by 102 publications

References 31 publications

Agricultural Transformation, Nutrition Transition and Food Policy in Africa: Preston Curves Reveal New Stylised Facts

Agricultural Transformation, Nutrition Transition and Food Policy in Africa: Preston Curves Reveal New Stylised Facts

African Rural Youth Engagement in Agribusiness: Achievements, Limitations, and Lessons

Republic of Uganda Agriculture Sector Public Expenditure Review

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