Kenya has a high youth population coupled with high rates of unemployment. Development policies, including the National Youth Policy, emphasize the potential of agriculture as a source of youth employment. Kenya's dairy subsector is relatively well developed and continuing to commercialize. We analyse young women and men's current and emerging roles in dairy intensification and develop a conceptual framework that draws on opportunity space, intersectionality and agency. We collected qualitative data in Nakuru and Kiambu counties, in rural and peri-urban locations. Based on 20 interviews, 18 focus group discussions, and a validation workshop, we describe social relations and the intersection of social factors that influence young women and men's changing roles and opportunities. We find that youth are embedded within social relations that reflect how age, ethnicity and gender intersect and interact with location to create differential access to agricultural resources and roles and practices in dairy value chains. While our data show that norms and practices of social exclusion may be reinforced through generations, we also find examples that demonstrate young women and men's capacity as agents of change in their communities. Our research contributes to understanding young women and men's diverse experiences in dairy and potential in agriculture.

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肯尼亚乳业集约化中的年轻女性和男性机会空间*

肯尼亚的青年人口众多，失业率也很高。包括国家青年政策在内的发展政策强调农业作为青年就业来源的潜力。肯尼亚的乳制品行业相对发达，并继续商业化。我们分析年轻女性和男性在乳品集约化中当前和新兴的角色，并开发一个利用机会空间、交叉性和代理的概念框架。我们收集了纳库鲁县和基安布县农村和城郊地区的定性数据。基于 20 次访谈、18 次焦点小组讨论和一次验证研讨会，我们描述了影响年轻女性和男性角色和机会变化的社会关系和社会因素的交集。我们发现，青年嵌入社会关系中，这些关系反映了年龄、种族和性别如何与位置相交和相互作用，从而创造出对农业资源的差异化获取以及在乳制品价值链中的角色和实践。虽然我们的数据表明，社会排斥的规范和做法可能会在几代人中得到加强，但我们也发现了一些例子，证明了年轻女性和男性作为社区变革推动者的能力。我们的研究有助于了解年轻女性和男性在乳制品领域的不同经历和农业潜力。虽然我们的数据表明，社会排斥的规范和做法可能会在几代人中得到加强，但我们也发现了一些例子，证明了年轻女性和男性作为社区变革推动者的能力。我们的研究有助于了解年轻女性和男性在乳制品领域的不同经历和农业潜力。虽然我们的数据表明，社会排斥的规范和做法可能会在几代人中得到加强，但我们也发现了一些例子，证明了年轻女性和男性作为社区变革推动者的能力。我们的研究有助于了解年轻女性和男性在乳制品领域的不同经历和农业潜力。