Training & e-learning
Productive employment and decent work in rural areas
This e-learning course introduces you to the concepts of productive employment and decent work and its relevance for food and nutrition security and rural poverty reduction. The course also provides guidance on how to integrate employment and decent work considerations into agricultural strategies and programmes, with focus on specific groups such as rural women, youth and children in the agricultural sector.
Content
The course consists of 6 lessons:
Lesson 1 Understanding employment and decent work in rural areas: concepts and definitions
Lesson 2 The centrality of employment and decent work for agricultural development, poverty reduction and food and nutrition security
Lesson 3 Youth employment in agriculture
Lesson 4 Rural women's empowerment in the context of the decent work agenda
Lesson 5 Preventing and reducing child labour in agriculture
Lesson 6 Integrating employment and decent work in agricultural policies, strategies and programmes
Duration: 5 hours