How to integrate youth in horticulture value chains Horticulture for Development Professional Series Questions? Email horticulture@ucdavis.edu 1
Erin McGuire, Associate Director 2
Why Horticulture? 3
Enriching Diets 4
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146k 146kg/per cap capita/year Re Reco commended i intak ake b by FAO 6
Increasing Incomes “This is where the money is.” -Melanie Chipungu Leader MitengoWomen’s group Lusaka, Zambia 7
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Moving power More vulnerable populations are heavily engaged in horticulture crop production and marketing 9
Perishability Appropriate technology Local capacity and connection to market Access to good agriculture information and inputs ◦ Production ◦ Postharvest 10
Nutritional benefits of diet diversification High value crops – income generation and income diversification Entrepreneurial opportunity throughout value chain for middle-market actors ◦ Women and youth are heavily engaged in horticulture crop production and marketing Resiliency - crop diversification and rapid crop cycles ◦ Intensive farming on small plots possible 11
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