International Youth Day 2024

International Youth Day is celebrated annually on 12 August to bring youth issues to the international community’s attention and celebrate youth’s potential as partners in today’s global society.

By supporting numerous initiatives, business incubation programs, and workshops that center youth and their well-being and resilience, CGIAR is committed to fostering sustainable agricultural innovation, empowering the next generation of leaders, and building resilient communities that can adapt to the challenges of a changing climate and global food systems.

Read our Op-Ed for International Youth Day 2024

• Why young voices matter in shaping food systems – Nicoline de Haan, Director, CGIAR GENDER Platform, Op-Ed in Fair Planet

Read other 2024 youth-related blogs and news

• From learning to action: Agrihub Nigeria’s role in rural youth employment – IITA
• Business incubation program for climate resilience in agriculture: Youth entrepreneurs present their business models – CGIAR Initiative on Asian Mega-Deltas
• IITA and World Bank collaborate on empowering women and youth in Nigeria – IITA
• Cameroon program graduates second cohort of ENABLE Youth agripreneurs – IITA
• How Youth and Women Are Key to Senegal’s Farming Future – The Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT
• Equipping Young Minds: KIPPRA-CIP Empowers Youth in Policy-Making – CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies
• Empowering African youth and women through agriculture: IITA Youth Agripreneurs’ contribution to a sustainable future – IITA
• Ukama Ustawi – Working together to frame potential interventions for youth engagement in agripreneurship in Zimbabwe – CGIAR Initiative on Diversification in East and Southern Africa
• ENABLE-TAAT trains over 240 Zimbabwean youths, targets more African youth – IITA

Header photo: Demonstrating a fisheries mobile application to youth data collectors hired by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of Timor-Leste. J. Lopes/WorldFish.