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Create a websiteThere are three interlinked barriers to sustainable development addressed by this program: youth unemployment, climate change and food insecurity. RAPO responds to this by increasing people’s access to climate smart food production systems, jobs, and other income opportunities. This is done in order to reduce unemployment, strengthen food security and income opportunities, and build people’s resilience to climate change and other shocks. The result is empowered people able to lift themselves out of poverty and better contribute to creating safer and more resilient communities.
Global population growth, combined with other factors, requires that we almost double today’s food supply within 2050 to feed a future population of 10 billion people. Food insecurity is already a major issue in most of the area where RAPO works. Climate change, along with degraded water sources, forests, land and soil, put additional pressure on the food production and livelihood options. It is a paradox that it is the small farmers who are responsible for much of the world's food production, and that many of these are struggling with malnutrition and too little food. In Tanzania regions, a large portion of the population – often 70-80% - are employed agriculture.
Youth unemployment, under-employment and lack of decent working conditions remain global challenges. More than 64 million unemployed youth worldwide and 145 million young workers are living in poverty according to the International Labour Organization. Almost 90% of all young people live in developing countries. In the next decade, one billion young people will enter the labour market, requiring the creation of millions of new jobs.
The goal of RAPO'S Climate Smart Economic Empowerment program is to enable people to lift themselves out of poverty while building communities’ resilience. Within this program, RAPO and its partners aim to