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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetPrivate codes of conduct in the banana industry 2017Within the private sector there can be standards or codes of conduct designed on the initiative of private companies for application at an internal level, or at the level of suppliers. The main objective is to ensure compliance with basic standards facilitating management along the supply chain and minimizing social and environmental impacts . They are an alternative that can enact similar standards to external certifications. The main advantage of this type of standard is the likelihood of its fulfilment, due to being developed internally. Likewise, the main disadvantage is the cost and time required to be recognized and accepted by customers.
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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetTrabajadores migrantes en la industria bananera 2017The United Nations International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (1990) defines a migrant worker as “a person who is engaged or has been engaged in a remunerated activity in a state of which he or she is not a national”. This definition includes temporary migrant workers (e.g. seasonal workers in agriculture) and those coming from a different part of the same country. According to recent ILO estimates, there are 150.3 million migran t workers in the world, of which 48 percent are women. However, in the banana industry migrant workers are predominantly male. This is due to their relative ability to travel according to family responsibilities, and also because of gender discrimination in employment opportunities for women in the industry.
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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetPromoting decent rural employment 2017
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No results found.Promoting policies and investments that support the creation of decent employment opportunities in rural areas is crucial to generating livelihoods for the world’s poor. Rural people depend on agriculture and their own labour to earn a living; yet, rural employment opportunities are often scarce, informal, hazardous and poorly remunerated. To meet the Sustainable Development Goals and eradicate poverty and hunger by 2030, FAO works to build lasting policy changes that foster rural employment. B y supporting the development of strategies and programmes that create more and better jobs, FAO helps governments stimulate both the agricultural and the rural, non-farm economies. This includes promoting the application of international labour standards, particularly for eliminating child labour in agriculture, and partnering with national stakeholders to build human capital by improving access to vocational and entrepreneurial training and strengthening the capacity of rural organizations. FA O also helps countries address the root causes of distress migration by boosting decent employment opportunities in rural areas, while building resilience and risk management mechanisms to protect rural livelihoods.
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