{"id":117240,"date":"2021-07-08T17:39:42","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T12:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=117240"},"modified":"2021-07-09T19:06:35","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T13:36:35","slug":"covid-19-unemployment-make-agri-food-systems-equitable-for-youth-says-un-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/covid-19-unemployment-make-agri-food-systems-equitable-for-youth-says-un-report\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 unemployment: Make agri-food systems equitable for youth, says UN report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/news\/environment\/covid-19-unemployment-make-agri-food-systems-equitable-for-youth-says-un-report-77826\"><strong>Down To Earth<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>What is the News?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) has released a report titled \u201cPromoting youth engagement and employment in agriculture and food systems&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Key Findings of the Report:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>COVID-19 has affected labour markets <\/strong>around the world. This has impacted the employment prospects for the youth more than those belonging to other age groups.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Globally, <\/strong>employment among the youth fell 8.7% in 2020 compared with 3.7% for adults.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>However, <\/strong>promoting the employment of young people in food systems can reduce unemployment and also secure the future of global food security and nutrition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Recommendations given by the Report: <\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The report has provided several suggestions to promote the engagement and employment of young people in food systems. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Providing<\/strong> an enabling environment for youth as agents of change<\/li>\n<li><strong>Securing<\/strong> dignified and rewarding livelihoods<\/li>\n<li><strong>Increasing<\/strong> equity and rights to resources to the youth to access, conserve and protect land, seeds and biodiversity, fisheries, and forests.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ensuring<\/strong> recognition of their legitimate tenure rights<\/li>\n<li><strong>Enhancing<\/strong> knowledge, education, and skills<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fostering<\/strong> sustainable innovation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>About Committee on World Food Security(CFS):<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CFS<\/strong> was established in 1974. It is an international and intergovernmental platform for all stakeholders to work to ensure food security and nutrition for all.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reports to: <\/strong>The Committee reports to the UN General Assembly through the Economic and Social Council(ECOSOC) and to the FAO Conference.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Secretariat<\/strong>: It has a permanent Secretariat. It is located in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations(FAO) headquarters in Rome, Italy,<\/li>\n<li><strong>Funding<\/strong>: It receives its core funding equally from The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and The World Food Programme (WFP).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Down To Earth \u00a0What is the News? The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) has released a report titled \u201cPromoting youth engagement and employment in agriculture and food systems&#8221;. Key Findings of the Report: COVID-19 has affected labour markets around the world. This has impacted the employment prospects for the youth more than those&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/covid-19-unemployment-make-agri-food-systems-equitable-for-youth-says-un-report\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">COVID-19 unemployment: Make agri-food systems equitable for youth, says UN report<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,1305,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-index-reports-bodies","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704840644},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}