Youth Decision Making in Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change; An Analysis in East Africa
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Amsler K, Hein C, Klasek G. 2017. Youth Decision Making in Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change. CCAFS Working Paper no. 206. Wageningen, the Netherlands CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
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In conjunction with the contemporary narrative of Africa’s “youth bulge” and young people’s
perceived disinterest in pursuing agricultural livelihoods, this paper explores the extent to
which youth (18-35 years old) have decision making power in the implementation of
agricultural adaptation practices due to climate change in East Africa via the utilization of a
comparative political ecology framework. Focus groups discussions, key informant, and
individual interviews were conducted with a total of 155 rural youth and 42 policymakers and
stakeholder representatives in selected sites in Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda to assess youth’s
knowledge of adaptation measures and their role in the decision to implement them at the
household, community, and national levels. Our findings suggest that young people have an
understanding of climate change and how to adapt to it. However, they are unable to do so
due to lack of agricultural inputs and financial capital, insufficient land ownership, indirect
participation in decision making and limited access to markets.
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CLIMATE-SMART TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICES;Collections
- CCAFS Working Papers [289]