Decent work in the global food supply chain: A sectoral approach

The United Nations High-level Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis (HLTF) has recently given the ILO and its Decent Work Agenda an enhanced role in the HLTF’s efforts to promote and coordinate a comprehensive response to the challenge of achieving food security. Against this backdrop, the paper outlines a proposed multi-sectoral programme to promote food security through decent work in critical economic sectors across the global food supply chain for consideration and endorsement by the Governing Body.