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September 2021
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Statement
Towards Sustainable Food Systems: the Critical Role of Migrants
23 September 2021
On the occasion of the Food Systems Summit, the UN Network on Migration has issued a statement calling for migrants to be considered as a critical part of food systems, as contributors to food security in need of decent work
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UN Food Systems Summit
Transformed food systems can help achieve sustainable development goals
23 September 2021
The ILO and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) co-lead a new international coalition to advance decent work for people working in food systems.
December 2020
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© Jérémy Stenuit 2022
COVID-19 and price inflation
COVID-19 drives up food prices worldwide
10 December 2020
COVID-19 restrictions have altered consumer spending patterns. In particular, lockdown measures have affected the supply of and demand for certain products and, hence, their prices.
October 2020
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COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace
COVID-19 exposes food retailers as frontline workers
14 October 2020
Food retail and grocery store workers have become essential to the economy’s survival and to guaranteeing food security and safety for the population. These workers, working in a labour-intensive sector now considered essential, are in many cases low-skilled workers receiving low wages and inadequate social security benefits.
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Food security
Impact of COVID-19 on people’s livelihoods, their health and our food systems
13 October 2020
Joint statement by ILO, FAO, IFAD and WHO.
June 2020
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© Gabriel Kamener, Sown Together 2022
World Environment Day
Grasp the silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic
05 June 2020
As countries begin easing lockdown restrictions, now is the time to build on the positive gains for the environment that have occurred during the pandemic.
May 2020
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COVID-19: Protecting workers
Sectoral impact: COVID-19 creates rough seas for global shipping and fishing
12 May 2020
The COVID-19 crisis is affecting the personal safety and health of seafarers and fishers, their conditions of work and their ability to join and leave their vessels. This has had a negative impact on their capacity to perform their key role in ensuring transport by sea, serving passengers and harvesting seafood. With the shipping sector carrying 90 per cent of global trade and the maritime fishing sector being a major supplier of food and livelihoods, the impact of #COVID-19 on employment in these sectors is therefore substantial.
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COVID-19: Protecting workers
Sectoral impact: Agriculture and food security crucial to COVID-19 recovery
12 May 2020
While working to feed the world, many agricultural workers are unable to lift themselves out of poverty and food insecurity. As the pandemic spreads, the continued functioning of food supply chains is crucial in preventing a food crisis and reducing the negative impact on the global economy. Coordinated policy responses are needed to support agribusiness and the livelihoods and working conditions of millions of agricultural workers in line with relevant international labour standards.
June 2013
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© L Guarnieri/Brazil photo press 2022
Think. Eat. Save
Statement by ILO Director-General on the occasion of World Environment Day 2013
05 June 2013
October 2012
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World Food Day
ILO says cooperatives key to boosting food production
16 October 2012
Agricultural cooperatives – the theme of the 2012 World Food Day – are a vehicle for decent lives and decent work, according to ILO Director-General Guy Ryder.