The Farming Question: Intergenerational Linkages, Gender and Youth Aspirations in Rural Zambia
Publisher: Rural Sociology
Author(s): Oluwafemi Ogunjimi, Thomas Daum, and Juliet Kariuki
Date: 2022
Topics: Gender, Renewable Resources
Countries: Zambia
With agriculture considered key to generating jobs for Africa's growing population, several studies have explored youth aspirations toward farming. While many factors explaining aspirations have been well studied, little is known about the actors' shaping aspirations. We developed a novel framework that focuses on the factors and actors shaping the formation and actual aspirations of rural youth and applied a unique “whole-family” approach based on mixed-methods data collection from adolescents (boys and girls) and corresponding adults.