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ILO and FAO warn: Agricultural employment in Latin America remains predominantly informal

New joint report by ILO and FAO highlights that over 80% of jobs in the sector lack formal protections and social security.

Recycling

New ILO guidelines chart path to decent work throughout recycling chains

The ILO has released its first-ever policy guidelines to advance decent work in recycling, offering governments, employers and workers practical steps to improve working conditions, strengthen social protection and support a just transition.

Decent work

Brazilian coffee unions and cooperatives strengthen safety and health

The ILO Vision Zero Fund promotes training in Minas Gerais to advance safer working conditions for small coffee producers and workers.

Our impact, their voices

From Aceh to the world: A visionary’s transformation of Indonesia’s patchouli industry

This story follows the journey of an Aceh-born visionary who, with ILO’s support, has revived the golden age of Aceh’s patchouli oil through innovation and digital transformation.

Child labour

A voice for the voiceless to end child labour

For many in the Bangsamoro region in the Philippines, childhood is not about play but survival in agricultural fields and conflict zones, which a young woman is determined to break.

South-South Cooperation

Countries unite to promote fundamental principles and rights at work in the coffee supply chain

The ILO Vision Zero Fund South-South Cooperation event in Brazil highlights occupational safety and health as a gateway to decent work.

Development cooperation in Lebanon

Tackling pests, opening markets: Farmers and government experts address challenges with ILO support

Funded by Sweden, the ILO’s BOUZOUR project in Lebanon is enabling cherry farmers such as Richard Skaff and Sami Harika to adopt better pest-control methods, opening more pathways to global export markets.

Timor-Leste enhances public employment services to support youth into work

With support from the ILO-EU Agroforestry Skills Programme, Timor-Leste is enhancing counselling and employment services for jobseekers, entrepreneurs and those pursuing skills development.

ILO-Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency

New cooperation agreement to promote decent work and labour standards in Pacific fisheries

The ILO and the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency have signed a new MOU establishing a framework for cooperation to promote decent work and stronger labour standards across the Pacific fishing industry.

Occupational Safety and Health

One step closer to safer and healthier workplaces through simple acts of care

In Viet Nam’s coffee heartland, farmers are stepping up not just to grow beans, but to grow a culture of care.

ILO supports stakeholders in Lebanon’s agri-food sector to adopt responsible business conduct

ILO-supported training, with funding from Sweden, equips agri-food enterprises and institutions with tools to advance responsible business conduct and boost export readiness

Supply chains

First national dialogue on sustainable aquaculture supply chain in the Philippines

First National Industry Dialogue for Responsible and Sustainable Supply Chains in the Philippines accelerates aquaculture sector upgrading while tackling human and labour rights risks amid global disruptions.

Building Roads, Building Trust: ILO Puts Communities in the Driver’s Seat of Rural Road Maintenance in Niger State

The ILO is empowering communities in Niger State to take the lead in maintaining rural roads—strengthening local ownership and protecting the infrastructure that supports their daily lives.

Committee on World Food Security

The ILO highlights evidence-based approaches for decent jobs in agri-food systems

The ILO and partners showcased the power of data to improve livelihoods and ensure that agrifood systems deliver inclusive and sustainable decent work for workers in the sector.

Supply chains

Philippines holds first national dialogue on decent work in aquaculture, unveils pioneering research

First National Industry Dialogue for Responsible and Sustainable Supply Chains in the Philippines accelerates aquaculture sector upgrading while tackling human and labour rights risks amid global disruptions.

Enterprise development and artificial intelligence

From farm to jam: A dragon fruit entrepreneur’s sweet digital leap

A Filipino farmer’s journey from fresh produce to dragon fruit jam shows how ILO’s training in the Philippines is transforming micro, small and medium-sized enterprises through artificial intelligence and digital skills.

This is social justice

Floating agriculture allows farmers to invest in sustainable crops in Bangladesh

Shakti Kirtauniyya from Bangladesh grows rice during the dry season and vegetables on floating rafts during the wet season. Kirtauniyya shows how traditional farming practices and affordable investments in sustainable crops preserve the environment...

Digitalization and financial inclusion

ILO and OJK strengthen collaboration to advance digitalization of dairy ecosystem in East Java, Indonesia

The ILO and OJK launch the Dairy Ecosystem Digitalization Programme in Malang, East Java, to enhance financial inclusion and cooperative efficiency by connecting dairy farmers, cooperatives and financial institutions through an integrated digital...

Skills development

Timorese cacao farmers enhance their agricultural skills to improve their lives

The ILO, with support from the EU, promotes sustainable agriculture in the cocoa sector of Manufahi Municipality, Timor-Leste.

World food day

Can Africa harness agriculture for decent job creation?

Africa struggles to convert its vast agricultural potential into economic benefits. Grace Gondwe examines the paradox of resource dependence and ways to leverage agriculture for decent job creation and economic transformation.