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I keep hearing about regenerative agriculture. Regenerative agriculture is an approach to land management and also a philosophy of life. The goal of RA practitioners is to promote agriculture that, while productive, is also in harmony with nature and that builds soil health and productivity.
Reframing the debate about child labour in African agriculture, and how best to address it, is particularly timely
In this webinar, distinguished panellists will discuss the content and policy implications of two publications about rural youth, economies and employment in Africa.
Rural economic transformations in Africa are generating new opportunities to engage with agricultural value chains. However, many young people are said to be locked out of such opportunities because of limited access to farmland, which pushes them out of agriculture and rural areas, and/or hinders their autonomy. This framing of the ‘land problem’ imperfectly reflects rural young people’s livelihoods in much of sub-Saharan Africa, and therefore does not provide a solid basis for policy. Policy-relevant discussions must consider the diversity of rural contexts, broader land dynamics and ...