Youth in Agriculture

From 2012-2019, I worked on a series of projects under different funded projects, all exploring the policies and programmes relating to the youth-agrifood nexus:

• Youth Policy Study (2017-2019): Co-leader of team of researchers in three countries (Ghana, Tanzania and Zimbabwe) analysing young people’s livelihood pathways in sites of agricultural commercialisation.

  Publication:
  Yeboah, T., John, I., Chigumira, E., Anyidoho, N. A., Manyong, V., Flynn, J. & Sumberg, J. (2020). Hard work and hazard: young people and agricultural commercialisation in Africa. Journal of Rural Studies. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2020.04.027

• Q Methodology Study on Young People and Agrifood (May-November 2014): Co-designed and supervised conduct of a study, using Q methodology, to understand the perceptions and aspirations of young people and their parents about employment, and specifically in agriculture.

  Publications:
  Sumberg, J., Yeboah, T., Flynn, J. and Anyidoho, N.A. (2017). Young people’s perspectives on farming in Ghana: a Q study. Food Security. DOI 10.1007/s12571-016-0646-y

  Sumberg, J., Yeboah, T., Flynn, J. & Anyidoho, N. A. (2015). Perspectives on jobs and farming: findings from a Q study with young people, parents and development workers in rural Ghana. FAC Working Paper 109. Brighton, UK: Future Agricultures Consortium, Institute of Development Studies. Available at www.futureagricultures.com

  Yeboah, T., Sumberg, J., Flynn, J. and Anyidoho, N.A. (2016). What is a desirable job? What makes a job desirable? Findings from a Q study with students and parents in rural Ghana. European Journal of Development Research. doi:10.1057/s41287-016-0006-y

• Reframing the ‘Young People-Agriculture’ Discourse (2010-2014): Lead researcher for Ghana for a study to examine changes in policy and practice in the agri-food sector, and the implications of these changes for young people’s employment and futures. (Publications available at www.future-agricultures.org)

  Publications:
  Anyidoho, N.A., Leavy, J. & Asenso-Okyere, K. (2012). Perceptions and aspirations: A case study of young people in Ghana’s cocoa sector. IDS Bulletin, 43 6), 20-32

  Anyidoho, N.A., Kayuni, H., Ndungu, J., Leavy, J., Sall, M., Tadele, G. & Sumberg, S. (2012). Young people and policy narratives in sub-Saharan Africa. FAC Working paper 032. Brighton, UK: Future Agricultures Consortium, Institute of Development Studies. Available at www.futureagricultures.com

  Sumberg, J., Anyidoho, N.A., Chasukwa, M., Chinsinga, B., Leavy, J., Tadele, G., Whitfield, S. & Yaro, J. (2015). Young people, agriculture, and employment in rural Africa. In D. Resnick & Thurlow, J. (Eds.), African youth and the persistence of marginalization: employment, politics, and prospects for change. New York: Routledge.