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FAO and ILO working together to stamp out child labour in agriculture
©FAO/Giuseppe Bizzarri
8 June 2016, Rome--- To raise awareness about the importance of child labour issues, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization and the International Labour Organization have launched a new e-learning course on the occasion of the World Day Against Child Labour. The course is designed for the use of agricultural policymakers and other stakeholders in order to ensure that anti-child labour measures are included in agricultural and rural development programmes.

Statement by FAO Director-General, José Graziano da Silva.
12min. 57sec.

Message on behalf of ILO Director-General, Guy Rider.
02min. 37sec.

Questions and answers session and closing remarks.
49min. 29sec.

Bernd Seiffert, a rural livelihoods and local institutions Officer with FAO in Rome, tell us more about how driving factors behind this issue and how this course will help. Interview conducted by Sandra Ferrari
6min. 41sec.
Topic(s): Agriculture & crops, Education & capacity building, Rural or agricultural development
Produced by: FAO
 
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