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This information note aims at outlining what are child labour and social protection, how social protection can significantly contribute to eliminating child labour in agriculture, and what are FAO’s planned efforts to leverage on social protection interventions to generate knowledge and increase impact at country level on child labour elimination. ...

Migration is a growing phenomenon, with both challenges and opportunities for communities of origin, transit and destination, and for migrants themselves. It can be an engine for growth and transformation. It can also be the result of catastrophic forces such as natural disasters that led to forced displacement. FAO strives...

Considering the impact that the recent flow of migration to Chile has had, especially in the labor market, along with the broader trend of declining agricultural occupation that the country has experienced in recent decades, the FAO, the Organization International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the International Labor Organization (ILO)...

More than 70 percent of the population in the Central African Republic is under 35 years of age. Social and economic exclusion, compounded by a poverty rate of more than 60 percent, has hit the rural population hard, posing a challenge to the country’s peace and stability. The country’s agricultural...

Disruptions in agricultural value chains and markets are severely affecting rural livelihoods. Due to lockdowns and movement restrictions, small farmers and agribusinesses are often unable to process their fresh produce and/or access markets. Declining demand and lower prices are leading to heightened food waste and income loss. Seasonal and migrant...