The aim of the present study was to analyze how young people engage in farming and how to enhance the youth employment opportunities. Challenges and barriers but also opportunities were studied within a sample of 159 young farmers/agripreneurs. Policy tools to help young people start farming were also reviewed to assess the most promising tools designed to support access to land, capital, and markets, capacity-buildin,g and making farming a more attractive profession.

This study was published as FARA Research Report 6 (06): Pp 74.