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Book (stand-alone)Elimination of child labour in agriculture through social protection
Guidance note
2023Also available in:
No results found.The aim of the guidance note on elimination of child labour in agriculture through social protection is to enable practitioners at national, regional and global levels to adapt social protection systems to contribute actively to eliminate child labour in agriculture. Universal social protection can prove an effective means to both address rural poverty and child labour in agriculture, if done right. This requires integrating child labour analysis into social protection policies and programmes, designing social protection programmes that address the underlying drivers of child labour and/or directly target families and communities prone to child labour. This guidance note analyses evidence related to both social assistance and social insurances as well as supportive functions in labour market programmes/livelihood support, social care services and their influence on child labour in agriculture. As a result, the guidance note outlines specific steps to integrate child labour analysis into social protection programmes targeting rural households depending on agriculture for their livelihoods. -
Book (stand-alone)Ten years of FAO experience on ending child labour in agriculture in Africa
A compendium of practices from Malawi, Mali, the Niger, the United Republic of Tanzania and Uganda
2022Also available in:
No results found.This compendium is the result of a first-of-its-kind stocktaking exercise looking at FAO activities to address child labour in agriculture in Malawi, Mali, Uganda, the Niger and the United Republic of Tanzania over a decade (2010–2020). It is intended to make a practical contribution to the field of child labour elimination in agriculture, by shedding a light on some of the FAO-supported activities, country processes and practices as well as achievements, and lessons learned. As such, it highlights the general main lessons learned and key messages, outlines and provide details on country processes and related outcomes and achievements on knowledge generation, capacity development, awareness raising, policy advice and promotion of advocacy and partnerships. The contents on these FAO strategies for the elimination of child labour in agriculture are complemented by examples of areas of work such as promoting safe practices and labour-saving technologies and empowering and building the skills of youth aged 15–17 by facilitating school-to-work transition in agriculture. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetAccelerating action to help to end child labour in agriculture in Africa
FAO Conference for Africa, Virtual Event - 29 September 2021
2021Also available in:
No results found.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 agriculture remains at 70 percent. This figure has barely changed over the last decade. What has made this more devasting is the emergence of COVID-19 pandemic which is set to increase the incidence of child labour to exponential levels if stakeholders do not act immediately. To break this vicious cycle and increase the pace of work to end child labour in agriculture, stakeholders should invest into agri-food systems, enhance social protection schemes, governments should make agriculture part of primary education, build the capacity of stakeholders to effect a behavioural change, and develop the required systems to collect data for decision making. These will go a long way as a catalyst to speed up collective efforts to end child labour in agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa.
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