ABOUT THE EVENT
Discussions around youth in agriculture often center on employment opportunities that do not promote livable wages or decent livelihoods. In this expert panel, we will center the discussion around the connection to land, financial opportunities to access land, and the continuous destitution of land, making it difficult for young people to become the next generation of farmers and landowners. Ensuring that small-scale producers have access to land rights also ensures decent livelihoods, resilient localised food systems, and good biodiversity practices. Moreover, with the increase of land destitution, the migration of youth from rural to urban spaces, and the concentration of food production governed by large agribusiness the need for a just transition is necessary. Lastly, this event will highlight solutions and next steps to ensuring a Just Rural Transition and how negotiations at the UNFCCC COP28 can support to achieve these objectives.
Speakers
MODERATOR
Dainalyn Swab
Investment Plan for the Caribbean Regional Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience, World Farmer’s Organisation
PANELISTS
Juan Carlos Mendoza
ECG Director, IFAD
Simon O'connell
CEO, SNV
Richard Kachungu
Smallholder Farmer and BKMC Agriyouth Champion
Laureen Ongesa
International Land Coalition (ILC)
Elizabeth Sariah Itzey Magaoa
Indigenous Negotiator from Niue