Child labor is an important problem from last few decades, however it was not addressed so far in the right way since it had been clubbed with in general rather than in agriculture.
In developing countries rights are more necessary than the developed countres, since school food is one importnt step taken by the developed world.
In addition poverty hunger is close related isue even todate, being many countries are behind food security. On the other side though food secured like India unable to cope up the problem due to high population and a more unorganized designed sector of agriculture as well as labor. for eg. India, during COVID 19, central govt. did not bothered labor problem, and went on lockdown, by keeping advises dumped in garbage. This is one way poor experience, other way they thought in democracy decating disaster management, so political role is more important in this problem, being India a large country with a workforce/livelihood of 65% population in agriculture. In addition, seasonal labor migrate with child labor and employ them once crosed just little after 8 years in girls and boys upto 10 years. Although it is one part in SDG2 poverty addrssed about the issue, and none of the local governments taken as a task...
what we can do
FAO can address and advise in ranges
1. compulsory education at least 8th standard.... during which not to engage any labor work or to migrate them with parents and stop education... for which Governments to address the isssue with flexible manner
2. a seperate rules gender wise since women is more importnt and address some more issues based on their periodical changes....
3. During school days a compulsory period of kitchen gardening to be added and it makes a kind of income to schools as local grown food, but also teach how to address it as a labor, how attractive of agriculture to direct their mind towards food security... and rural development
4. it stops of migration one side, other side improve the economy with sizeable attraction beides restoring, employment, but cut down polluting the earth.
5. in this direction, those to stop or disscontinue of education, can be latter stage easy development of engage in local agricultural activities including landless.
6. This way it develops to involve direct farmers market creation, using fair and logic market ssystems
7. Engaged labor - make it mostly employed with contractual one to enable to make money. No entertainment of monthly wages and bonded labor. Though daily wage is good, but interest of management mostly it is inregulated wages.
8. Child safety engaged abor after 12 years with insurance of child, till adult is necessary.
9. Entertain and free online and or distant education after school drop outs engaged in agriculture to enhance skills
10. Health check up by creating record.
Hope above will address for a world with a little flexy in my opinion.
by professor , Dr. KBN Rayana
professor chair andd DG - IAMMA
professor - Jaipur nationaal University
Hyderabad -Jaipur/India
教授 KBN Rayana