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On the 10th of February 2016, José Graziano da Silva, FAO Director-General, and Kailash Satyarthi, 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, discussed FAO’s role in the eradication of child labour in agriculture during a personal meeting held at FAO Headquarters, in Rome.Satyarthi is a leader in the global movement to abolish...

1 February 2016 - The Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth (DJ4Y) was launched today in New York, under the auspices of the ECOSOC Youth Forum 2016, with more than twenty Ministers of Youth and over 500 youth delegates in attendance. FAO has actively contributed to the development of...

Youth unemployment is a global concern, especially in the agricultural world. Rural youth are migrating to urban areas, rural population is aging, young people lose interest in agriculture – putting rural and agricultural development at risk.This is a critical issue in Africa, where more than half of the population is...

According to the Joint Inspection Unit of the United Nations System, FAO is leading the UN organizations’ efforts in mainstreaming full employment and decent work.Full and productive employment and decent work for all are internationally agreed objectives which are reflected under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - Goal 8: Promote...

Nearly 60 percent of child labour - 98 million boys and girls - occurs within the agricultural sector, including farming, livestock, forestry, fishing and aquaculture. As part of its mandate, FAO strives to include child labour considerations into country policies and strategies for rural development. In this context, the progress...

5 October 2015, Tunis - FAO and the Government of Tunisia signed a partnership agreement which aims to reduce youth mobility caused by poverty, by implementing innovative policies that will create jobs and business opportunities for young people in rural areas. The agreement was signed by Mr. Saad Seddik, Minister...

On 7 September 2015, FAO and IFAD launched in Bridgetown, Barbados, the programme Strengthening decent rural employment opportunities for young women and men in the Caribbean (FAO/FIDA-Youth Caribe). The aim of the joint programme is to tackle the growing level of youth unemployment in the Caribbean.FAO/FIDA-Youth Caribe is built on...

The Government of Mali is encouraging job creation for rural youth. In this context, FAO and the Ministry of Agriculture have launched a new project that aims to reduce rural poverty through fostering of youth entrepreneurship. The project, named “Youth at Work, Reducing rural poverty”, is funded by the Africa Solidarity Trust...

A national workshop held by the Ministry of Agriculture and FAO on Child labour in Agriculture took place in Niamey on July 23-24 (2014). There were 70 participants from all over the country representing a wide range of key stakeholders: technicians and officers from the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry...

A new report on “Youth and Agriculture: Key Challenges and Concrete Solutions” has recently been published by The Youth and United Nations Global Alliance (YUNGA), FAO, the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The report provides real life examples of how to engage...