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No child should ever be exposed to pesticides. Unfortunately, many parents who work in crop production are not aware of the hazard that pesticides pose to their children or alternatives to their use. The 30 participants of the training workshops organized in Sikasso and Niono in Mali early in June...

On the occasion of the 2012 celebration of the World Day Against Child Labour, FAO organized a series of activities both at FAO headquarters and at country level.FAO headquarters hosted an event on “Effective partnerships for reducing child labour in agriculture” organized in collaboration with the ILO (see agenda). A new documentary...

In the framework of the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC 2012) FAO is organizing a series of events in collaboration with  partners including farmers, fisherfolks, forest holders, livestock keepers, organizations, representatives from other civil society, decision-makers and UN agencies. On the 29th May 2012, FAO held a special event during the 69th  meeting of the Committee...

Adam Athumani is a young, 19 years old, agro entrepreneur and youth leader from the village of Mampando in Singida region in Tanzania mainland.   Adam, comes from a family of agro producers and in the past he was working with them on the family productions of maize, sunflower and sorghum....