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Decent jobs for youth and improved food security through the development of sustainable rural enterprises - Final Evaluation
- eval_number:
- 2408
- eval_url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2408
- lessons_learned:
- themes:
- theme:
- Programme implementation
- category:
- Organizational issues
- comments:
- Youth (women and men) in rural areas
- challenges:
- One challenge cited by stakeholders and project staff is the lack of infrastructure in rural areas, such as lack of internet connections.
- success:
- When discussing the issue with stakeholders, including project staff, there was an agreement that this issue is important.
- context:
- The digital divide is a serious concern in particular regarding young people and minimizing this gap should be central in any new project design catering for the youth in rural areas.
- description:
- The project could have made use of and promoted some form of modern Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to attract the interest of youth in the rural farming communities, such as internet, wireless networks, cell phones, and other communication mediums. It could have contributed to making rural youth computer literate, in addition to other the production/marketing-oriented support. E.g. the use of new apps could have been explored in semi-urban settings combined with bringing agricultural services closer to farmers; for providing real-time information on weather, livestock care, markets, and nutrition-related aspects of food production. Possibly, some lessons could have been learnt from Kenyan smallholder farmers´ and traders´ ICT experiences.
- administrative_issues:
- All projects designed to benefit youth should consider how elements of modern technology (ICT) can help youth be part of the digital revolution – even (or perhaps especially) in rural areas.
- url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/213512
- location:
- country:
- Zambia
- region:
- Africa
- eval_title:
- Decent jobs for youth and improved food security through the development of sustainable rural enterprises - Final Evaluation
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