Child Labour and Children's Economic Activities in Agriculture in Ghana

Gabriele Zdunnek, Dorothee Dinkelaker, Britt Kalla, Gertraud Matthias, Rebecca Szrama, Katrin Wenz

Child Labour and Children's Economic Activities in Agriculture in Ghana

Year of publication 2008

Author Gabriele Zdunnek, Dorothee Dinkelaker, Britt Kalla, Gertraud Matthias, Rebecca Szrama, Katrin Wenz

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) The research project “Child Labour and Children’s Economic Activities in Agriculture in Ghanaâ€Â was initiated jointly by the FAO and the Seminar for Advanced Training in Rural Development of the Humboldt University Berlin. Ghana was chosen for the study because it is documented that a high number of children work in agriculture. According to the Ghana Child Labour Survey carried out in 2001 – the first and only nationwide data collection on working children – half of the rural and about one fif th of the urban children is economically active. Nearly 60 percent of them are engaged in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Another reason for the choice of Ghana was that the government, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and unions implement a range of policies for the reduction of worst forms of labour, making it possible to analyse their impact as a starting point for future strategies.

Language English

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