18th Malabo Montpellier Forum Livestream

The Panel’s 18th report argues that agrifood systems are central to Africa’s employment challenge yet also offer a major pathway to its solution. Launched on July 8 at the Malabo Montpellier Forum, the publication demonstrates that agrifood systems can generate the productive jobs needed for Africa’s rapidly growing youth population, provided the right policies are in place to accelerate transformation and ensure these jobs are productive, resilient, and accessible to all. “Job Harvests: Policy Innovations for Inclusive Agrifood Employment in Africa” examines employment in Africa’s agrifood systems and rural economies through the lens of structural transformation, analyzing the constraints and enablers of inclusive agrifood employment. Drawing on case studies from Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Rwanda, the report highlights scalable institutional and policy innovations and programmatic interventions that have driven progress in economywide labor productivity, structural change, and the creation of decent, quality jobs. Read more: https://www.mamopanel.org/resources/a...