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Over three quarters of the world’s poor live in rural areas. Most depend on agriculture to earn a living. However, rural employment opportunities are often informal, poorly paid and even hazardous. Peter Wobst, Senior Programme Officer of the FAO Strategic Programme on Rural Poverty Reduction together with Ileana Grandelis, Rural...

The video presents the first results achieved in Mali by the project "Youth at Work: Reducing rural poverty", launched by FAO and the Malian Ministry of Agriculture in August 2014. The project is funded by the Africa Solidarity Trust Fund (ASTF) and aims at generating attractive and decent job opportunities...

In many rural areas, men and women mainly rely on the income from their labour in order to access food because it is often the only asset they have. Promoting decent rural employment is therefore an incredibly effective way to combat global hunger and reduce poverty.

Worldwide, agriculture is the sector where by far the largest share of child labourers is found - some 60 percent. In this video, children use their voices to candidly express their opinion on child labour in agriculture and discuss ways to eliminate the problem.