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  • Publication | 2024
Gender and age employment gaps within agrifood value chains in Bangladesh and Uganda
Global Food and Nutrition Security

KEY MESSAGES:

  • Although employment within agrifood value chains represents a key mechanism for structural transformation and economic development, available data do not allow for consistent gender or age disaggregation of employment within intermediary segments of agrifood value chains.
  • We observe large gender gaps in both those who operate intermediary firms within agrifood value chains and those who are employed by these firms.
  • The vast majority of those who operate intermediary agrifood value chain firms are not part of the youth population (that is, 15–24 years old).
  • If agrifood value chains are going to play a meaningful role in closing gender and age gaps in employment, systematic barriers that constrain women’s economic empowerment, youth employment, and the creation of “good” jobs need to be addressed.