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Accelerating action to help to end child labour in agriculture in Africa
2021
Child labour in agriculture is both a social, economic, and livelihood issue. The cross-cutting nature requires a multiple stakeholder approach in addressing its root causes. In sub-Saharan Africa, the phenomena exist mainly within smallholder farmers but also significantly in capture fishing, livestock, and forestry.
Today, the proportion of child labour in...
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Accelerating action to help to end child labour in agriculture in Asia
2021
The policy paper includes a description of the child labour context and importance of the problem in Asia. It analyses a wide body of data and characteristics of child labour in agriculture in Asia.
This paper seeks to analyse challenges in the region with a focus on the issue of child...
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Opportunities for Youth in Africa (OYA) Programme - Accelerating job creation and entrepeneurship in agriculture and agribusiness
2021
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) have developed a joint regional programme titled "Opportunities for Youth in Africa: Accelerating Job Creation and Entrepreneurship in Agriculture and Agribusiness". The programme is in response to a dedicated call for accelerating...
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Effectiveness and duplicability of the Youth Inspiring Youth in Agriculture Initiative
2021
In 2019, after two years of Youth Inspiring Youth in Agriculture (YIYA) Initiative implementation in Uganda, FAO conducted an assessment of the initiative with the following objectives: a. To draw lessons from YIYA Round-1 and propose recommendations for the design and implementation of Round-2 (scheduled for 2020), through analyses of...
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Food security, nutrition, and ending child labour in agriculture for recovery and resilience
2021
An advocacy note has been developed by the FAO, the Global Food Security Cluster, and the WFP to mobilize food and agricultural stakeholders and to upscale action towards the reduction of child labour in agriculture in humanitarian contexts. Special attention should address the heightened risk of child labour in food...
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