Recursos
Ghana: promoting decent work opportunities along the cassava value chain
2013
On 28-29 November 2013, FAO hosted a sensitization workshop on decent rural employment issues in the cassava value chain in Ghana’s West Gonja District.Representatives of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) and Northern Regional Coordinating Council, as well as local cassava producers, processors and traders were brought together in...
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International Migration and Development: Contributions and Recommendations of the International System
2013
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Sweden provides funding to joint ILO-FAO programme for young rural entrepreneurs in Zambia
2013
A new UN Joint Programme that aims to boost national food security in Zambia by encouraging young women and men to develop sustainable rural enterprises has received contributions of USD 7 million from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). The initiative will also contribute to Zambia’s implementation of theComprehensive...
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La Conferencia Global y las nuevas estimaciones mundiales hacen hincapié en la necesidad de mantener un enfoque continuo en el trabajo infantil en la agricultura
2013
La III Conferencia Global sobre Trabajo Infantil – hospedada por el Gobierno del Brasil del 8 al 10 de octubre de 2013– contó con la participación de delegados de 152 países que se reunieron con miras a determinar formas exitosas de erradicar el trabajo infantil en el mundo y hacer balance de...
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CFS 40: Side event on Decent rural employment for poverty reduction and food security
2013
On 9 October 2013, FAO, ILO and Sida co-hosted a side event on Decent rural employment for poverty reduction and food security during the 40th session of the Committee on World Food Security (7- 11 October 2013).
The purpose of the event was to highlight the centrality of decent rural employment in reducing rural poverty...
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