Explore these Feed the Future and Agency-wide resources to empower youth in agricultural development. Resources help development practitioners identify strategies to foster youth-inclusive agri-food systems. Engaging and empowering youth as key stakeholders in FTF programming is critical to achieving the GFSS objectives of "inclusive and sustainable agriculture-led economic growth, strengthened resilience among people and systems, and a well-nourished population." 

Agriculture and Food Systems

• Feed the Future Project Design Guide for Youth-Inclusive Agriculture and Food Systems: Volume I - Project Design
• Feed the Future Project Design Guide for Youth-Inclusive Agriculture and Food Systems Volume II - Implementation 
• Recording and Slides from Engaging Youth in Agriculture
• What Works in Youth and Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition 
• Global Food Security Strategy Technical Guidance for Youth 
• 2016 Youth Engagement in Agricultural Value Chains across Feed the Future: a Synthesis Report 
• FTF Youth Factsheet (attachment below)

Positive Youth Development 

• Youth in Development Policy 
• A Systematic Review of Positive Youth Development in Low-and Middle-Income Countries
• What is Positive Youth Development