Resources on Agriculture, plantations, and other rural sectors

  1. How biogas is creating jobs and promoting sustainable agriculture in Egypt

    Twenty-four million new "green jobs" could be created worldwide using environmentally sustainable practices, according to the ILO's report, “World Employment and Social Outlook 2018: Greening with Jobs”. In a global context of wage growth stagnation, increasing income inequality and a growing number of people in non-standard employment, Egypt is turning to new green technologies that protect the environment while creating productive employment.

  2. Egypt’s farmers: Sowing the seeds of an agricultural revolution

    Agriculture will be critical to future economic growth in Egypt, says the ILO – but only if the laws on farmers’ co-ops are reformed.