Migrant workers in agrifood systems

01/12/2024

This course focuses on the essential role that migrants play in our food systems, and how we can reduce the many vulnerabilities they face. It considers the key aspects of safe and regular migration channels for migrant workers in agrifood systems, and practical actions that can be taken by a range of stakeholders to improve outcomes for both internal and international migrants and their families.

Migration and climate change

01/03/2022

This two-lesson course focuses on the impact of climate change on rural livelihoods and how climate change and variability interact with other factors to drive migration. It considers the conditions necessary for migration to be an adaptation strategy to climate change that can ultimately strengthen resilience, so that migration is a choice not a necessity.

E-learning series: End child labour in agriculture

01/11/2019

The prevalence of child labour in agriculture undermines decent work, sustainable agriculture and food security. The FAO-ILO e-learning course series "End Child Labour in Agriculture" is designed to raise awareness and build knowledge among agricultural stakeholders about the importance of addressing child labour in agriculture, including livestock, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture.

Migration and protracted crisis

01/09/2019

The focus of this one-lesson e-learning course is on forced migration due to protracted crisis situations, including both natural or human made disasters, and conflict. Forced migration is a sub category or type of migration. It is distinguished by the presence of coercion or a lack of voluntariness.

Migration and gender

01/12/2018

This one-lesson course considers the gender dimension of rural migration. As men and women experience migration differently, to reduce the vulnerability and empower both rural women migrants and women who stay behind, it is essential to integrate gender into policies and programmes on migration and rural development.

Promoting youth employment and reducing child labour in agriculture

01/05/2018

This course presents strategies to strengthen the impact of child labour reduction and youth employment policies and programmes by considering the two issues together. First, it builds an understanding of the differences as well as linkages between child labour and youth employment.

Migration and youth in rural areas

01/04/2018

This e-learning course allows to understand the linkages between migration and rural development with a particular focus on youth. It also provides policy recommendations on how to maximize the positive impacts of rural migration and minimize the negative ones.

Productive employment and decent work in rural areas

01/02/2017

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.