Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum)

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    • As globally the exploratory rapid review finds that child labour in agriculture is a global issue, with the agricultural sector accounting for the majority of child labourers. Across regions and countries agriculture is usually the main sector for children’s economic activity. According  to (ILO,2010) developing countries there many children in agricultural related work as child labor is mainly argicultural issue in many developing countries. However, there is considerable variation in the prevalence of child labour between and within countries. Agricultural child labour is mainly unpaid work on smallholder family farms, but is also found on commercial farms and plantations as well as through forced and trafficked child labour. Child labour is involved in crop production, livestock (including herding) and forestry as well as fishing and aquaculture. In conclusion, eliminating  the worst forms of child labor around the world  by ILO goal of 2016 will only be possible if greater efforts are made to reduce child labor in agriculture.