| dc.description.sponsorship | Increasing attention is being devoted to the
serious unemployment problems in the l~ss developed
countries by a variety of institutions and individuals.
In particular, the ILO through its World Employment
Programme has been at the forefront of research efforts
dealing with various aspects of these problems in
the short run while more parmanent solutions are
formulated.
The unemployment problem is accentuated by
sheer population growth with few alternative employment
opportunities off-farm. Further the problem is
intensified and aggravated by the system of education
in the Less Developed Countries, Kenya included, which
prepares school leavers for urban White-Collar jobs.
In fact even young school leavers ,vvith farm lands do
not want farming. They aspire for white-collar jobs.
The Kenya's ever increasing population has
created unemployment and underemployment in agriculture.
- It is understood that land is a finite commodity which
contracts and expands in response to human effort and
behaviour. Thus the ever increasing population will
strain the existing available land. Consequently,
there would be-low agricultural production, underemployment and
unemployment.From this, it is clear that the governments
of less developed countries, 'Kenya included, are looking
for alternative employment opportunities (off-farm) to
engage their labourforce. | en |
