Creating opportunities for youth is a necessary and important strategy to optimally harness the existing demographic dividend. Since agriculture sector continues to be an important resource in many developing countries, it is an important pathway to create employment opportunities for youth. The presence of a strong entrepreneurship ecosystem in the agribusiness sector can incentivize youth […]
IFPRI in collaboration with Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA) has undertaken an international multi-country comparative study on youth entrepreneurship in the agribusiness sector. It uses a conceptual framework on key drivers of the success of youth entrepreneurship. Through a combination of a literature review of the status of the policy, institutional, technological, business, and individual environments that support youth entrepreneurship and case studies of agribusiness entrepreneurs, the report analyzes the existing agribusiness entrepreneurship ecosystem in Indonesia. Key lessons and recommendations are drawn with the aim to strengthen youth entrepreneurship in the agriculture sector. The countries included in the study are Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, and Nigeria.