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@kfm Fri, 21 Jun 2024 13:47:57

Youth urged to embrace agriculture to fight unemployment

The Uganda National Farmers Federation (UNFF) has implored young people to fully participate into agriculture as one of the sure ways of fighting unemployment. According to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics report 2020, over 75% of the population are below the age of 30 years (UBOS 2022) facing unique challenges especially poverty. The report further indicates that 55% of these live in poverty, with youth unemployment stand8ng at above 65 % with over 400,000 youth released onto the job market annually to compete for only 9000 jobs yet the rate at which the service and industry sectors create jobs is slower amidst increasing skills mismatch among the young people. Speaking at the launch of the third National Agriculture Education Show […]

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