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FAO has continued to scale-up its efforts to address child labour in agriculture, including fisheries, forestry and livestock, during the period 2012-2014. Contributions from FAO at major conferences and strengthened inter-agency cooperation at global, regional and national level are raising the profile of an integrated approach to child labour in...

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...

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...

The 3rd Global Conference on Child Labour – hosted by the Brazilian Government from October 8-10 2013 – was attended by delegates from 152 countries who gathered to identify successful ways to eradicate child labour globally and to take stock of progress made towards the implementation of the Roadmap for achieving the elimination...

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...

At the III Global Conference on Child Labor that is taking place in Brazil from 8-10 October 2013 – governments, social partners, civil society and international organizations have come together in a bid to assess progress towards the implementation of The Roadmap for Achieving the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour...

At the 38th Session of the FAO Conference, which took place in Rome from the 15th – 22nd June 2013, a revised International Code of Conduct on Pesticide Management was approved by the Organization’s main governing body. The revised code pays specific attention to public health concerns and the effects of pesticides...

The Third Global Conference on Child Labour will take place in Brasilia, from 8 to 10 October 2013. The Conference marks the half-way point between the adoption of theRoadmap for Eliminating the Worst Forms of Child Labour by 2016 and the 2016 goal. It will be an opportunity for reflection and...

Creating productive employment opportunities for the rural poor is an essential driver for rural development and for more equitable and inclusive societies. This is the message echoed by FAO’s newly launched video Transforming knowledge into action: FAO's Work on Decent Rural Employment, which aims to raise awareness on the importance of...

On a daily basis, children labourers in agriculture are exposed to hazards such as pesticides, rough seas and animal diseases. Not all children’s work is considered child labour, but that still leaves over 129 million boys and girls who are child labourers in farming, fisheries, aquaculture, livestock and forestry. Often invisible,...