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Promoting alternatives to youth rural migration in Tunisia

The distress induced by poverty and a lack of employment opportunities push many youth around the world to search for jobs elsewhere.

To address the issue, in 2015, FAO launched the Project Youth Mobility, food security and rural poverty reduction in Tunisia and Ethiopia, with the support of the Italian Development Cooperation.

Duration 3m13s

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Video Type Video News Release (VNR)

Date 10/10/2017 11:43 AM

File size 234.67 MB

Unique ID UF2T2I

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Shotlist 1. Seaside shot – Zarzis city – Southern tunisia

2. SOT 1: Chawki Zobli, project beneficiary and fisherman in Zarzis area

3. « I was the first one to leave Zarzis. I left this place on a small boat like this one. I left with four other friends. Among them, three came back to Tunisia including me, only one of us is still away. I came back home, in my country. We were introduced to a regional fishing group. My situation gradually improved and I am now an excellent fisherman.

4. Shot of a fisherman pulling up a small boat.

5. Three fishermen including Chawki Zobli on a small boat at sea

6. Google Earth images of Tunisia showing areas of intervention – RYM project.

- Northwest: Jendouba, Kef, Siliana and Beja

- South-East : Gabes, Médenine and Tataouine

7. SOT 2 : Chaker Slaymi, project beneficiary in the « Tabarka » area – Northern Tunisia): « The project aims at growing medicinal and aromatic plants that are already available in the region, in Southern Tunisia but also abroad. We also intend to add value to these medicinal plants through biotechnological techniques and scientific knowledge learnt abroad. »

8. Shot of a woman ploughing a land of medicinal and aromatic plants. She works for Charker Slaymi.

9. SOT 3 : Sonia Mhamdi project beneficiary - Amdoun area- North Tunisia:

10. « I launched my project and as soon as I have obtained my training certificate to grind spices and dry fruits I decided to take another training in Tabarka to produce food commodities meant to be used in traditional cooking».

11. Shot of the spices and food commodities produced by the beneficiary.

12. SOT 4 : Aymen Blagui project beneficiary - Nefza area, North Tunisia:

13. My project aims at producing cheese in the Nefza region. The project idea is to provide more help to local farmers and small scale farmers who don’t have access to collection centres and milk distribution networks. These farmers earn income from their production while we add economical value to it to ensure project sustainability.

14. Exterior shot – Aymen’s cheese factory

15. Shot of Aymen Blagui at work in her workshop

16. Shot of Hanen Talbi’s hen house

17. SOT 5 : Hanen Talbi, projet beneficiary (RYM) -« Ouled Taleb region- North Tunisia au « My project, God willing, will focus on free-range chicken farming then we will gradually and naturally shift to organic farming. The FAO was the first to help me launching my project. The Organisation supported me in materializing my vision».

18. Shot of Hanen Talbi in action in his henhouse

19. SOT 6 : Chaker Slaymi, project beneficiary (RIM), Tabarka region, North Tunisia

20. “Unemployment rate is really high in the region. We have a lot of university graduates waiting to enter the labour force

21. Shot of young unemployed people in a cafe- North west of Tunisia

22. Shot of Sonia Mhamdi selling her products

23. SOT 7 : Sonia Mhamdi, project beneficiary (RYM) Amdoun region, North Tunisia:

24. « Me, thanks to my project, I was able to create business opportunities for women. When I say women, I am not talking about women graduates but rather poor women without a diploma. Their arms, their hands are their only qualification…If they get to work, they can feed themselves, if they don’t work, then they can’t eat ».

25. Shot of a woman working for the project. She is peeling garlic in Sonia‘s workshop.

26. SOT 8 : Mohamed Baaka, porject beneficiary (RYM), South Medenine, Southern Tunisia

27. « I can now see a future with FAO. Why? Because the Organisation managed to target my needs, especially my needs in terms of information and training. If I had to give an advice to anyone who is currently discouraged by the way things look…it’s to think different, think out of the box. Leaving (the country) should not be an option because those people can contribute to improving their own country instead of doing so in another one.

28. Shot of Mohamed Baaka in action where he is breeding quails

29. Seaside hot, Zarzis city, South Tunisia

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Script Each year, rural areas lose a promising share of their workforce, as youth leave their homes and migrate to cities or move abroad in search of a better future. The distress induced by poverty and a lack of employment opportunities push many youth around the world to search for jobs elsewhere.

To address the issue, in 2015, FAO launched the Project Youth Mobility, food security and rural poverty reduction in Tunisia and Ethiopia, with the support of the Italian Development Cooperation. The aim of the project is to provide rural youth with a sustainable alternative to migration. It does so by building the capacity of relevant stakeholders (Government, producers' organizations and migrant networks) to mainstream migration into agricultural policies and to leverage migration for development. It also provided unemployed rural youth from migration-prone areas with the necessary technical and in-kind support to shape up their business proposals that will create further employment opportunities in their communities. By addressing the links between migration and rural development, the Project is making a difference in the two target countries. This video documents the impact of the project in Tunisia through first-hand testimonies of young beneficiaries in rural areas.

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