2021 is the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly. The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, pledges to intensify efforts for ending child labour in agriculture:

In 2020, FAO released the FAO Framework to Eliminate Child Labour in Agriculture to support and upscale action of agricultural stakeholders in the elimination of child labour in agriculture. Moreover, FAO launched an online consultation on the Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition: “How can agricultural policies and strategies help to end child labour in agriculture?”. Practitioners from 41 countries shared 90 contributions, highlighting diverse issues of child labour in agriculture, and lessons learned and good practices from agricultural stakeholders.

The consultation showed the importance of taking a multisectoral approach to eliminate child labour in agriculture through school feeding programmes, adequate resource management, women’s empowerment, cash transfers and digitalization, among others.

Building on these findings and FAO’s Framework, Call for Action: Ending Child Labour in Agriculture with the Help of Agricultural Stakeholders is another step towards FAO’s contribution to the International Year. The Call seeks to gather ideas and recommendations from agricultural and other stakeholders across the globe on action that can be taken to address child labour in agriculture.

The results of the Call will feed FAO’s Regional events in September, which will likewise contribute to FAO’s High-Level Global Event on Eliminating Child Labour in Agriculture.

Please visit webpage where you can upload the completed form directly to the web page or send it to [email protected]. The call is open until 31 May 2021