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  • Strengthening Skills, Leadership, and Inclusion

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    Between 2021 and 2025, KIT and IFDC collaborated on two initiatives: the HortiNigeria programme in Nigeria and the A3SEED programme in South Sudan, supporting and strengthening the horticultural and seed sector in these respective countries. Although the programmes operated in different sectors and settings, both prioritised gender and youth inclusion as part of their strategies. […]

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  • What is the development impact of vertical coordination in agricultural value chains in LMICs?

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    This literature review examines how vertical coordination—tighter corporate control across agricultural value chains—affects development outcomes in low- and middle-income countries.  Having reviewed 19 academic studies on evidence-based outcomes of vertical coordination, the focus of the analysis is on three main impact areas: (1) local economic development, (2) local job creation, and (3) the inclusion of […]

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  • Increasing Youth Engagement in Agriculture in Northern Uganda

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    • Project

    KIT conducted a qualitative study to better understand youth engagement in agriculture for the DFID-funded NU-TEC Market Development Programme. More specifically, the study focused on youth dynamics and opportunities in sunflower and soya markets. It also highlighted business models and strategies to foster private sector linkages and youth engagement in land preparation, seed production, storage […]

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  • Building Skills-Based Employment Programmes

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    Based on field work in the three targeted countries and a literature review the aim was to compose a set of very practical critical standards for effective youth (un)employment programmes to guide future programmes as well as potentially scaling up of the Youth Building the Future programme. Research that provides practical suggestions A literature review […]

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  • Youth in Agricultural Cooperatives

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    • Project

    This research builds on the outcomes of several scoping efforts, seminars and networking meetings on youth and agriculture in rural areas as well as the consortium’s broader experience in working with agricultural cooperatives.  The study underscores the critical need to develop additional knowledge with respect to youth inclusion in agricultural cooperatives. Providing insights This explorative […]

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