Report of the Conference: Accelerating actions to help end child labour in agriculture in Africa
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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| Format: | Meeting biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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FAO ;
2021
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| Online Access: | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/CB8308EN http://www.fao.org/3/cb8308en/cb8308en.pdf |
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