Youth are abandoning farming for urban migration, threatening future food security.

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Agriculture is seen as low-status and low-income work despite employing over half the continent's workforce. Agri-tech startups that make farming profitable and tech-enabled could reverse this trend.

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Created at: 2026-07-22T13:46:00Z

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Youth are abandoning farming for urban migration, threatening future food security.

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