Why Youth in Agribusiness Hold the Key to Kenya’s Food and Economic Future
Kenya’s youth unemployment rate stands at 67%, according to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. At the same time, over 70% of Kenya’s rural population depends on agriculture yet the sector contributes less than 25% to GDP. The problem is really not a lack of land or talent but its more of how we structure opportunity.
BAYE Africa believes the future of food, jobs, and climate action in Kenya depends on putting the right tools in the hands of youth, especially those in rural and marginalized regions of Kenya and Africa at large, and among young women and persons with disabilities, who are often excluded from economic programs.
