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http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/28674

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M.A

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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.