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Ergonomic checkpoints in agriculture: Practical and easy-to-implement solutions for improving safety, health and working conditions

This manual presents practical solutions for improvements in agricultural work and rural life from an ergonomics point of view. The checkpoints it lists are intended to be used as a means to improve existing working and living conditions, for better...

Timeline of ILO RURAL WORK

Learning from Catalyst of Rural Transformation

This publication reviews 8 cases of "Catalyst" of rural transformation from different countries. It extracts lessons that remind us of the economic and development potential of rural areas, and most important, the central role of rural men and...

Learning from Catalyst of Rural Transformation

This publication reviews 8 cases of "Catalyst" of rural transformation from different countries. It extracts lessons that remind us of the economic and development potential of rural areas, and most important, the central role of rural men and...

Chapter 1: Introduction

This chapter provides a brief description of the objectives, methodology and structure of the 8 case-studies of the "Learning from Catalyst of Rural Transformation" publication.

Chapter 2: Eco-Health Farm Network (EHFN), Latvia

Founded in the early 2000s, the Eco-Health Farm Network (EHFN) supports small-scale producers in rural Latvia to integrate organic farming practices, health services, environmental preservation, and educational tourism into their work.

Chapter 3: The National Federation of Men and Women Family Farming Workers (FETRAF-Brasil), Brazil

Founded in 2004, the Federação Nacional dos Trabalhadores e Trabalhadoras na Agricultura Familiar (The National Federation of Men and Women Family Farming Workers), FETRAF-Brasil, is a national federation of trade unions which aims to strengthen...

Chapter 4: La Chetina, Peru

“La Chetina” is a micro-enterprise manufacturing and selling dairy and other agricultural based products in the remote area of Cheto, Chachapoyas, located in the Amazonas region of northern Peru. Created in 2007, La Chetina generates employment by...

Chapter 5: The Nyamata Telecentre and the Rwanda Telecentre Network (RTN), Rwanda

Founded in 2004, the Nyamata Telecentre is a private enterprise whose goal is to stimulate rural development by providing access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the village of Nyamata, located near Rwanda’s capital Kigali.

Chapter 6: The Palestine Fair Trade Association (PFTA), occupied Palestinian territory

The Palestine Fair Trade Association (PFTA) is a union which economically and socially empowers Palestinians farmers, including women producers, through the promotion of fair trade and organic farming, capacity building, and certification.

Chapter 7: Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA), India

The Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) is a membership-based organization created in 1972 from a combination of the labour, women, and cooperative movements, to organize self-employed women in the informal economy and assist their collective...

Chapter 8: Songaï, Benin

Songhaï is an NGO empowering rural African communities, particularly farmers, youth, and women, by building their capacities to become agricultural, agribusiness, and handicraft entrepreneurs.

Chapter 9: The Stung Treng Women's Development Centre (SWDC), Cambodia

The Stung Treng Women’s Development Centre (SWDC) empowers young women in one of the poorest provinces of north-east Cambodia, by transferring skills and creating sustainable livelihoods.

Chapter 10: Synthesis and Lessons from the 8 Catalyst

This chapter presents a set of valuable findings and lessons from the 8 cases analyzed.

Reporting on Rural Issues

This guide is a tool for people working in the media to think differently and report differently about rural areas. It provides key facts and figures about rural communities and issues, and aims to shatter some dominant stereotypes and negative...

At the threshold of economic empowerment: Women, work and gender regimes in Asia

This paper provides important insights on the nature of women’s economic empowerment in the region, focusing on the changes and transformations witnessed in recent years.

Skills for Youth Employment and Rural Enhancing Rural Access - Rural roads rehabilitation and maintenance (RDP IV) - (Midterm Evaluation...

Project TIM/11/01/EEC - Evaluation consultants: Andreas Beusch and Edio da Costa

Employment-Intensive Investments: Providing Infrastructure, Jobs and Income

Key issues and policy options to provide infrastructure, jobs and income.

Policy brief

Cooperating out of HIV and AIDS

After more than 30 years of the HIV and AIDS epidemic, “the world has turned the corner – it has halted and begun to reverse the spread of HIV”. HIV is no longer a death sentence; due to scientific and medical advances, effective treatment is...

Cooperating out of HIV and AIDS

After more than 30 years of the HIV and AIDS epidemic, “the world has turned the corner – it has halted and begun to reverse the spread of HIV”. HIV is no longer a death sentence; due to scientific and medical advances, effective treatment is...