Tanzania, Aug. 12 -- Dar es Salaam. Young Tanzanians are increasingly turning to agriculture as a route to employment and entrepreneurship, with training, access to markets and business support helping some move from small-scale farming into enterprises that also create jobs.

The shift is being demonstrated by young people such as Jessica Lyatuu, 30, a horticulture farmer in Babati, Manyara Region, whose farming enterprise has expanded from a quarter-acre plot into a two-acre business.

Jessica studied agriculture and livestock and initially gained experience as an unpaid intern at an agrovet shop. She later secured employment in Mbeya, earning Sh200,000 a month, but eventually returned home after struggling to establish a sustainable li...