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Ethiopia's agricultural transformation: agribusiness' contribution to reducing youth unemployment

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Title Ethiopia's agricultural transformation: agribusiness' contribution to reducing youth unemployment
 
Creator Assfaw Wossen, Tesfamicheal
Ayele, Seife
 
Subject agroindustrial sector
private sector
youth
unemployment
employment
agricultural development
land ownership
agriculture
labour
productivity
small enterprises
 
Description Open Access Article
This article explores empirical evidence on the relationship between agricultural transformation, ownership structure of agribusinesses, and employment creation in Ethiopia. It draws on secondary data to present evidence of Ethiopia’s agricultural transformation, employment trends, and the agribusiness sector’s contribution to employment generation. The country’s agricultural sector has shown signs of transformation in the form of both labour movement to the more productive manufacturing and services sectors, and productivity growth through the commercialisation and creation of agribusinesses. The findings suggest that the growing number of agribusinesses are generating more jobs for youth but also reveal a number of challenges to overcome, such as skills gaps, low pay in the private sector, and inflexible land ownership and transfer processes. The study suggests targeted policy reforms to incentivise efficient and competitive private agribusinesses, and to address agribusiness-related constraints, skills and wage gaps, as well as land ownership and rental market constraints.
 
Date 2018-11
2019-08-23T08:19:10Z
2019-08-23T08:19:10Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Assfaw Wossen, T. & Ayele, S. (2018). Ethiopia's agricultural transformation: agribusiness' contribution to reducing youth unemployment. IDS Bulletin, 49(5), 15-30.
0265-5012
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/103387
https://doi.org/10.19088/1968-2018.171
SOCIAL SCIENCE & AGRICUSINESS
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 15-30
application/pdf
 
Publisher Institute of Development Studies
 
Source IDS Bulletin