Addressing the chanllenges faced by rural youth ageed 15 to 17 in preparing for and accessing decent work

This document summarizes the online discussion Youth – feeding the future. Addressing the challenges faced by rural youth aged 15 to 17 in preparing for and accessing decent work, held on FAO’s Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) from 25 April to 15 May 2016, and facilitated by Jacqueline Demeranville of FAO’s Decent Rural Employment Team.

The information gathered from the online discussion will be a building block for the upcoming Expert Meeting to be held by FAO at the end of 2016. This meeting has been organized to learn more about the challenges and solutions related to rural youth, between 15 and 17 years of age, in accessing decent rural employment.

Over the four weeks of discussion, participants from 47 countries shared 118 contributions. The topic introduction and questions proposed, as well as all contributions received, are available on the discussion page: www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/discussions/rural-youth-employment-15to17