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According to the ILO and IFAD "Lack of investments to improve decent work prospects for young people in rural areas often results in lower living standards and de-population of rural areas. The absence of decent work and decent living opportunities and the hope of a better future are the main...

The first official online Training of Trainers course on "Managing your Agricultural Cooperative - My.Coop" will provide additional pedagogical guidelines and advice on how to structure and how to facilitate the My.Coop contents from the general My.Coop training package. After successful completion of the course you will be trained on...

On the 27th of February 2012 the fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women opened at United Nations Headquarters in New York from Monday.  This year’s theme is on ‘The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges’. Given the centrality of...

Both agriculture and youth are high on African development agendas. African governments, through the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) have agreed to commit at least 10% of their budgets to agriculture with the goal of a 6% growth in the sector. Greater attention on agriculture is also reflected in aid policies...

The International Partnership for Cooperation on Child Labour in Agriculture has recently opened a twitter account "EndChildLabourAgric" that will be routinely updated with Partnership related publications, news and events. The account has been created to raise awareness about ongoing and upcoming Partnership activities, both at international and national level, as well as the...

More than 80% of the population in Mozambique is active in the agriculture sector. Of these, about 90% work in family farming. The family farming system in the country is characterized by family labor forces and a low degree of mechanization, with the large majority of agricultural production being rain-fed....

In June 2011, the Government of Mali approved a national plan to eliminate child labour by 2020 (Plan National pour l’Élimination du Travail des Enfants au Mali, PANETEM). By doing so, child labour is now placed high on the political agenda. The Government acknowledges that child labour has serious consequences...

Child labour continues to be a great concern around the world. It has been estimated that there are some 215 million child labourers globally and that some 60 percent of them work in the agriculture sector, including in fisheries and aquaculture. Children engage in a wide variety of activities in...

In Tunisia, youth unemployment and high prevalence of vulnerable population, especially in West end Central regions, has been the major cause of the revolution. The political upheaval in the country and in Libya has worsened the situation. It is essential and urgent for the success of the democratic transition process...

In December 2010, knowledge-sharing and planning workshops on child labour in agriculture were organized in Lilongwe, Malawi by the Child Labour Unit of the Ministry of Labour in cooperation with the FAO, ILO and IUF on behalf of the International Partnership for Cooperation on Child Labour in Agriculture. The principal result...