Guest Blog
By Joe McCarthy
Kenya’s economy revolves around farming. More than 40% of the population, including 70% of rural adults, work in the agricultural sector, which generates a third of the country’s gross domestic product, according to USAID.
Harvesting crops, preparing and processing foods, and then selling goods locally or abroad is central to day-to-day life.
Yet Loureen Akinyi Awuor, a programmes officer at the Kenya National Farmers’ Federation and “Young Women in Climate Adaptation” Trainee, still thinks agriculture is a “gold mine” of untapped opportunity.
As part of Global Citizen’s partnership with the Ban Ki-moon Centre, Awuor recently spoke to Global Citizen about the state of youth employment in Kenya, how agriculture can be improved, and what structural investments need to be made to unlock the country’s potential. Read our new content piece with Global Citizen HERE and find out why funding farmers is key to ending unemployment, poverty and hunger around the world.
