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December 2021
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© Chosa Mweemba / WorldFish 2022
Rural economy
With decent work and a sustainable model aquaculture could feed the world
20 December 2021
The lessons learnt from the COVID-19 crisis should encourage reforms towards a more sustainable and resilient aquaculture sector and food systems at large.
September 2021
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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.
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.
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.