Related items
Showing items related by metadata.
-
Book (series)Strengthening decent rural employment opportunities for youth across different processes in the forest value chain in Uganda
Practices and lessons
2021Also available in:
No results found.This report addresses the subject of decent rural employment for youth in the forestry sector. It is based on case studies carried out across different processes in the value chain within the sector in Uganda, ranging from seedbed development through to plantation management, saw logging and trading. Findings indicate that a considerable number of Uganda’s legal and policy frameworks emphasize the participation of youth in the labour market, especially given that young people constitute a large majority of the country’s population. However, only a few of these frameworks focus on decent work, whether for young people or the country’s workers more generally. The case studies revealed that efforts to provide decent employment were mixed. Larger and more formally oriented forestry enterprises were more likely to focus on decent work provisions for their labourers. Smaller enterprises, while aware of most of their decent work obligations, were unable to implement them due to resource constraints. The case studies also revealed numerous opportunities for youth to participate in the forestry sector. These included tapping into existing government and NGO programmes ranging from tree planting to plantation management. Additional employment opportunities were provided by businesses in the sector and the management of woodlots for poles and fuel. The limiting factors for youth participation in the sector largely arise from the huge investment cost incurred by such participation, particularly access to and utilization of land and financial resources. Other limitations included a lack of relevant training and skills and poor working conditions. These conditions are compounded by few numbers and limited capacity of officers within the Labour Directorate to administer and enforce labour regulations. The report proposes decent work indicators and recommends both policy and implementation strategies to increase youth participation and decent work practices in the sector. -
Book (stand-alone)Community-based food and nutrition programmes:what makes them successful
A review and analysis of experience
2003Also available in:
In its efforts to improve nutrition, FAO is assisting member countries in developing and supporting community-based food and nutrition programmes. FAO believes that it is important to strengthen these programmes on the understanding that nutritional status is the most important outcome indicator to measure progress against poverty and malnutrition. To help in this process, FAO has commissioned an in-depth assessment and analysis of nine case studies (three programmes each from the regions of Afr ica, Asia and Latin America) in addition to three desk reviews to search for best practices that may account for successful outcomes and programme sustainability. This report presents the main features and findings of the case studies and highlights, analyses and discusses the main lessons learned. In turn, it has provided the theoretical and practical background for the preparation of a methodological guide entitled Improving nutrition programmes – an assessment tool for action, which is a companion publication to this report. -
Book (stand-alone)Beyond timber: social, economic and cultural dimensions of non-wood forest products in Asia and the Pacific 1995
Also available in:
No results found.
Users also downloaded
Showing related downloaded files
No results found.