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Accelerating action to help to end child labour in agriculture in Africa

FAO Conference for Africa, Virtual Event - 29 September 2021











FAO. 2021. Accelerating action to help to end child labour in agriculture in Africa. Rome.


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    Child labour is seen as a cause and effect of poverty. Agriculture over the years has also been seen as an entry point for child labours and constitutes over 80% of the child labour population in sub-Saharan African. The Accelerating Action To Help End Child Labour In Agriculture In Africa conference, was organized to find sustainable solutions to eliminate child labour in the region. Finding solutions to this growing social and economic problem requires multiple approach. It is even more important when the solutions must lead to an accelerated change in the already existing narrative in the region and tackle the root causes of the issue which poverty and hunger. Agriculture stakeholder can lead the action that will increase investment into agri-food system, capacity building, providing age-appropriate technology and decent work for the youth. This conference document has compiled the conference proceedings of key agriculture stakeholders in the academia, producer organizations, developing partners and government agencies for a sustainable action. It is anticipated that these solutions will cause the need change required to eliminate child labour from agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa.
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    Regional Workshop on Ending Child Labour in Agriculture, 28 September 2021: Regional report
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    The policy paper includes a description of the child labour context and importance of the problem in Asia. It analyses a wide body of data and characteristics of child labour in agriculture in Asia. This paper seeks to analyse challenges in the region with a focus on the issue of child labour in agriculture and the underlying causes in which agricultural stakeholders can make a difference: rural poverty, social protection in rural areas, safe agricultural practices, labour-saving practices, gender equality, access to education in rural areas, food security. The paper highlights the relationship between child labour in agriculture with rural poverty and food insecurity in Asia. It encompasses specific challenges of the region that have an impact on child labour and rural livelihoods are Covid-19 pandemic, natural disasters, climate change, protracted crisis, massive displacement of populations, armed conflicts, etc. This paper pinpoints examples of regional challenges with a focus on Fisheries and Aquaculture sub-sector and on crop farming (rice ). The paper provides a comprehensive summary and analysis of regional and national child labour policies/roadmaps/initiatives such as ASEAN roadmap on the elimination of the worst forms of child labour and the case of Vietnam as Pathfinder country for Alliance 8.7. It looks into examples of good practices of countries that are making progress, in particular Cambodia, Pakistan and Philippines. This paper includes a set of recommendations and suggested policies to support the prevention of child labour in agriculture in Asia.
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    This compendium is the result of a first-of-its-kind stocktaking exercise looking at FAO activities to address child labour in agriculture in Malawi, Mali, Uganda, the Niger and the United Republic of Tanzania over a decade (2010–2020). It is intended to make a practical contribution to the field of child labour elimination in agriculture, by shedding a light on some of the FAO-supported activities, country processes and practices as well as achievements, and lessons learned. As such, it highlights the general main lessons learned and key messages, outlines and provide details on country processes and related outcomes and achievements on knowledge generation, capacity development, awareness raising, policy advice and promotion of advocacy and partnerships. The contents on these FAO strategies for the elimination of child labour in agriculture are complemented by examples of areas of work such as promoting safe practices and labour-saving technologies and empowering and building the skills of youth aged 15–17 by facilitating school-to-work transition in agriculture.

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