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Outdated policies, missed opportunities: The call to bring Gen Z into agri-policy
West Pokot potatoes youth champion, Fibian Cheptoo, during a stakeholder policy dialogue workshop at Four Points by Sheraton, Hurlingham, Nairobi, on July 16, 2025 .
What you need to know:
- Youth participation in policy-making remains low, which limits their ability to benefit from government initiatives.
- CABE, a knowledge-sharing organisation, works to enhance the skills of smallholder farmers, women, and the youth.
A new study by a non-governmental organization (NGO) focused on youth employment through agriculture and agribusiness highlights the urgent need to involve young people in key policy and decision-making processes to streamline food systems.
According to the findings by the Centre for African Bio-Entrepreneurship (CABE), youth have long been excluded from agricultural and food value chain policy formulation, despite their technological know-how and innovative potential, which could help reimagine and transform the sector, especially in the face of increasing climate change shocks.
